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1937, France. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF RENÉ DESCARTES. By Pierre Turin. Bronze 68mm. OBVERSE: Facing bust of Rene Descartes. REVERSE: A tree with three main branches and roots extending into the ground. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 381/F.$125 (November, 2021)

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 51029-TC

 

1932, France. 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF COMPAGNIE CONTINENTALE EDISON. By Pierre Turin (1891-1968, Grand Prix de Rome in 1920). Bronze plaquette 73mm x 53mm. Maier 327. $375.

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 École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième 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 Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $375.00

SKU: 53017

 

Great Britain. Literature. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. Unsigned (J. Rochelle Thomas). Bronze 60mm. BHM 3072. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 51028-TC

 

France. FRANZ SCHADER, Geographer, Alpinist and Painter. By J.V. Leroux. Uniface bronze plaquette 49mm x 63mm.

Price: $75.00

SKU: 40068-9D

 

1988, France. ABBÉ PIERRE. By F. Farpan. Bronze 68mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 40071-9D

 

Morocco. CHAMBRE FRANÇAISE DE COMMERCE D’INDUSTRIE. MARRAKESH. By Roger Baron. Bronze 50mm. $80

Price: $80.00

SKU: 40052-9D

 

France. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, TOURCOING. By Hippolyte Lefebvre. Silver 47mm x 43mm. $200.

Hippolyte Lefèbvre, sculptor and medallist was born in Lille. He studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Lille, where he won first prizes in drawing and sculpture. He later entered the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he won numerous prizes. He exhibited at the Salon and won the Grand Prix de Rome in sculpture in 1892. Lefèbvre won gold medals for medals that he exhibited at the 1900 Universal Exposition.

Price: $200.00

SKU: 40035-9D

 

France. FAUN AND TWO DEER. By Maurice Thénot (1893-1963). Silvered-bronze 50mm. Note: This medal was originally mounted on a base and has two holes drilled into its edge at its bottom. $60.

Fran?ois Maurice Th?not was born in 1893. He studied under Patey. He exhibited in the Salon des Artistes and won a bronze medal in 1927 and a silver medal in 1936. His medallic works include a fine series of plaquettes and medals depicting African animals.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 40053-9D

 

France. SOCIÉTÉ CANINE, BERRY NIVERNAIS. By Richard Fath (1900-1952). Uniface silvered-bronze 40mm. $45.

Richard Fath was born in 1900. He was a French sculptor who worked in various media such as bronze, terracotta, plaster, carved wood and marble. He was a student of Jean Boucher and exhibited at the Salon beginning in 1925. He is noted in particular for his sculptures of animals, especially dogs. He also created some medallic works including a few with a strong art deco style. Fath died in 1952

Price: $45.00

SKU: 40051-9D

 

France. GYMNASTIQUE. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 50mm. $150.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saint-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882,  He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olympic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts Déoratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 40072-9D

 

1972 (edge stamp), France. ZOO DE PARIS. By Joachim. Bronze 62mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 1004/D. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 55027-9D

 

1907, France. PROFESSOR PAUL BAR. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947). Bronze 56mm x 69mm. $120.

Georges-Henri Prud’homme (1873-1947),sculptor and medallist a student at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, where he studied engraving under Alphée Dubois and sculpture under Falguière. He exhibited at the salon beginning in 1894. He won an honorable mention in 1901 and a third class medal in 1904. In 1905 he became a Sociétaire des Artistes Français and a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur.

Price: $120.00

SKU: 46092-9D

 

TURKEY – COUNTRY OF HISTORY AND ART. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 67mm. $125.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors. He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40044-9D

 

Austria. SNEEWITTCHEN (Snow White). By Karl Perl. Uniface bronze plaquette 46mm x 67mm. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 40055-9D

 

England MARY I. By Jacopo da Trezzo. Copper electrotype 68.5mm. MI I 72/20, Eimer 33. $225

Price: $225.00

SKU: 53062-9D