GUINEA. By ?mile Monier. Bronze 59mm. Obv: The heads of two natives. Rev: A bunch of bananas and a map. Issued for the 1931 Exposition Coloniale. Cat. Gen. vol. 3 259/G. Some slight edge damage by the signature on the obverse. $135 ————
?mile Monier, a sculptor and medallist was born in 1883. He studied at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and in the studios of Ponscarme and Peter. In the course of his career he received numerous honors and became a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur. Monier died in 1970.