France. DENYS PUECH, DIRECTOR OF THE ACADEMIE DE FRANCE IN ROME ? THE VILLA MEDICIS. By Lucien Bazor (1889-1974, Grand Prix de Rome, 1923). Bronze 68mm. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 30/E. $125. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2020) ———- Lucien Bazor was born in 1889. He studied under Auguste Patey at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1923. Bazor succeeded Patey in the post of Engraver General at the Paris Mint, a post he held until 1958. He died in 1974.