France. JEUNE FILLE AUX ROSES. By Georges Guiraud (1901-1989. Grand Prix de Rome, 1926). Uniface bronze plaquette. Semi-circular version 95mm x 51mm. Cf. Catalogue G?n?rale Illustr? vol. 3 202/B. $250. Sorry, SOLD (January, 2023) ———– Georges Guiraud was born at Toulouse on August 5 1901. He was the son of Albert Guiraud, who was a painter and illuminator of documents. Guiraud studied at the ?cole des Beaux Arts in Toulouse and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked in the workshop of Jean Boucher. Guiraud won the First Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1926. He died at Saint-Hilaire-au-Temple (Marne) on May 12 1989.