French

 

France. WOMAN IN WINTER CLOTHES. By ?douard Fraisse (1880-1945). Uniface cast bronze artist?s model 115mm. Created for the 1924 exhibition in conjunction with the Olympic Games in Paris. $450. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2024). ———– ?douard Fraisse was born on May 14 1880 at Beaune. He studied under Barrias, Coutan, Chaplain and Vernon. Fraisse collaborated with Henry Demey on numerous medals and plaquettes that typically depicted figures in action. He was admitted to the Soci?t? des artistes fran?ais and exhibited at the Salon des artistes fran?ais, where he won a gold medal in 1937. He was made a chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur in 1929. Fraisse died in Paris on September 13 1945

Price: $0.00

SKU: 3426-13504-8T

 

France. TOURING CLUB OF FRANCE. By L. Botinelli for A. Chobillay. Bronze 66mm x 91mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: Q4550-13887-2R

 

Portugal. THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS – MONUMENT TO CHRIST THE KING. By Alves. Cast bronze studio model, 125mm. From the archive of the Delande Company in France. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: Q5573-14058-8R

 

1926, France. ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI. By Pierre Turin. Published by Soci?t? Fran?ais des Amis de la M?daille. Cast bronze 85mm. Stamped 51 on its edge. $450. ————- Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxi?me second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins. He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the L?gion d?Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $450.00

SKU: 8394-19330-12B

 

France. ARMEE FEMININE. By Robert Cochet. Bronze 59mm. Obv: A female soldier in front of a double cross. Rev: A sword and a circle of shields. Cat. Gen. vol 4 pt 1 409/A. $125. ———
Robert Cochet was born in 1903. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He was a student collaborator with Carli and Lucien Bazor. He was a soci?taire of the Salon des artistes Fran?ais. In 1954 he won a diploma and medal that international exposition in Madrid.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 30428-6C

 

1951, Ivory Coast. THE OPENING OF THE PORT OF ABIDJAN. By ?mile Monier (1883-1970). Bronze 59mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: Q6918-7S

 

France. VICTOR HENRI ROCHEFORT, MARQUIS DE ROCHEFORT-LU?AY (1831 ?1913) Politician. By A. Labadie. Uniface cast 197mm. Ring for suspension on the reverse. Casting flaw at the bottom. $275

Price: $275.00

SKU: J1021-13683-9G

 

1935, France, U.S.A. THE MAIDEN VOYAGE OF THE ‘NORMANDIE.’ By Jean Vernon. Bronze 69mm. Obv: A standing female holding reins and releasing a rearing seahorse. Rev: The Normandie under steam. Maier 333. $225. – – – – – Jean Vernon (1897-1975) studied at the ?cole? des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is noted, among collectors, in particular for his series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 48096-2D

 

1926, France. PROF. F. COMMANDEUR. By Jean Chordel. AE 55mm. OBV: Bust of Prof. Commandeur facing right. REV: A building. Nearly extremely fine. $40

Price: $40.00

SKU: S19-12134

 

France: J. DELAFON – PRESERVATION AGRICOLE ET SES AMIS. By G. Rispal. Bronze 53mm x 70mm. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: Q7428-15058-7R

 

1936, France. THE SEINE. By Marcel Renard. AE 59mm. Obv: A nude female personification of the Seine with a ship in the background. Rev: Four shields. Cat. Gen. III 338/A. $95.
Marcel Renard, sculptor and medallist was born at Lyon in 1892. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Art de Lyon and then at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He spent time in the ateliers of Boucher and Patey. In 1923 he won the Premier Second Prix de Rome and a gold medal at the Salon des Artistes D?corateurs. He died in 1974.

Price: $95.00

SKU: P5-10655

 

1948, France. (Printing). CENTENARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF PANICONOGRAPHY BY FIRMIN GILLOT. By Jean Vernon. Bronze plaquette 66mm x 92mm. Obv: Bust of Firmin Gillot facing right. Rev: Incuse inscription. $75. ———- Jean ?mile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Fr?d?ric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1 1897. Vernon studied at the ?cole des Arts D?coratifs and at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lef?bvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9 1975.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 0298-16827-3A

 

1986, France. PARIS. By P. Roch. Cast copper 97mm x87mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 14265-P9

 

1907, France. LA LE?ON D?ARMES. By Ernesta Robert-M?rignac. Uniface cast bronze 110mm x 88m. OBVERSE: A fencing student and instructor. $300. ———- Ernesta Robert-M?rignac, sculptor and medallist was born at Saint-Omer on August 25 1849. She studied under Mlle Genevi?ve Granger, Mlle Darbefeille and Georges R?cipon. She exhibited four plaquettes in 1905 at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais and several medals in 1906 and at the 1924 Olympics. She was the daughter of fencing master Charles Gustave Robert and wife of another, ?mile M?rignac. Her nephew Lucien M?rignac won the gold medal in the 1900 Olympic Foil Masters event. Robert-M?rignac, died at Paris on February 28 1933.

Price: $300.00

SKU: 13902-P9

 

Undated (circa 1900), France. HARVESTING WITH A TRACTION ENGINE AND THRESHER. Unsigned. AE-gilt plaquette 56mm x 40mm. OBV: A harvesting scene. REV: A man sowing and another reaping. Extremely fine. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: S21-12604