France. Music. ERNEST CHAUSSON, Composer. By Aleth Guzman-Nagotte (1904-1978). Bronze 68mm. $45

Aleth Guzman-Nagotte, sculptor and medallist was born in 1904. She studied at the conservatory in Dijon, then moved to the town’s École des Beaux Arts, where she studied under Ovide Yencesse. She was accepted into the l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at Paris, where she studied engraving under Patey and Dammann and sculpture under Sicard and Bouchard. She won the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1929. Guzman-Nagotte died in 1978.