France. LE CHAPELET. By Georges-Henri Prud’homme. Uniface Bronze plaquette 67mm x 97mm. Cased. $125

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.