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Austria. MARGOT LENBACH. By Heinrich Kautsch (1859-1943). Uniface cast bronze 80mm. $100. Sorry, SOLD (October, 2024). ———– Heinrich Kautsch was born in Prague in 1859. He studied at the Schools for Decorative Art in Prague and Vienna. He was active in France from 1889 to 1914. Kautsch created objects of art for the Pope and several royal families. He won many awards including several foreign orders. He died in Vienna in 1914. (See Au Creux de la Main p.93 for a more detailed biography).

Price: $0.00

SKU: 40026-9D

 

France. LE CIDRE. By Maurice Delannoy. Bronze 50mm. $125.

Maurice Delannoy was born on March 11, 1885, in Paris. He studied at the ?cole Germain Pilon under Charles Valton and Jules ?douard Roin?. He became a professor of drawing and worked as a medallisst and sculptor. He designed coins for Morocco, Monaco and Lebanon, and a considerable number of medals. Delannoy was made a Chevalier de la L?gion d’Honneur in 1947. He died in Paris on April 26, 1972.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 8235-19328-9C

 

1930, France. SYNDICAT DE LA CHARCUTERIE DE PARIS. Silvered-bronze 41mm. $30

Price: $30.00

SKU: 7013-20689-9C

 

France. LION WITH A SNAKE. By R. Gardille after Barye. Uniface cast lead 100mm. $150. sorry, SOLD (January, 2023)

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SKU: 0849-15585-6A

 

France. JOCKEY – CHEVAL. By Victor Peter. Bronze 50mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? volume 3 309/I. $50.

Charles Victor Peter was born at Paris on December 20 1940. He studied art over the objections of his parents. He was a pupil of S?bastien Cornu, Fran?ois Th?odore Devaulx and Alexandre Falgui?re. He exhibited at the Salon and won a medal in 1879. He won a gold medal at the Universal Exposition of 1900. Peter worked in various media, but specialized in sculpture and medallic art. As a medallist, Peter is best known for his depictions of animals. He became professor of sculptur at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieur des Beaux-Arts in 1901 and was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur. Peter died on March 20 1918.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 6009-20886-9C

 

France. GRAND PRIX DES BELLES FAMILLES DE L’OISE. Unsigned. Bronze 50mm. Cased. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 20887-9C

 

France. ALEXANDRE-FRANÇOIS DESPORTES. Painter. By Joseph Constant. Bronze 63mm. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 434/A. $45

Price: $45.00

SKU: 30452-6C

 

France. Banking. CREDIT AGRICOLE MUTUEL, CAISSE REGIONALE D?INDRE ET LOIRE. By Robert Baron. Bronze 60mm. $50

Price: $50.00

SKU: 2923-20481-9C

 

1995, France. SALON INTERNATIONAL DE L’AGRICULTURE. Unsigned. Bronze 60mm. $35

Price: $35.00

SKU: 30838-8C

 

France, CHARLES COLLIER (FRÈRE ADOLPHE-JOSEPH), Educator. By Charles Breton, Bronze 76mm. $150

Price: $150.00

SKU: 44062-11C

 

France. LA SOURCE. By Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis. Bronze plaquette enlarged version 72mm x 135mm. Obv: A nude female standing before a spring. Rev: A nude child with a fishing pole. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 3 175/E, Maier 120. $325.

Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1848-1899), French painter, sculptor and medallist entered l’École Nationale Supérieur des Beaux-Arts at the age of seventeen. In 1868 he won the second Prix de Rome for medal engraving and the first Grand Prix de Rome in 1872. He exhibited regularly at the Salon. In 1898 he was made an officer of the Légion d’Honneur. Daniel-Dupuis died tragically in 1899, when he was shot in his sleep by his wife, who had a history of mental illness. His wife then turned the gun on herself and committed suicide.  Daniel-Dupuis created an extensive oeuvre of medallic works.

 

Price: $325.00

SKU: 44084-11C

 

Undated (mid 19th century), Great Britain. GOTHIC PORTRAIT OF VICTORIA. AWARD MEDAL. By W.J. Taylor. Bronze 46mm. $250. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 18696-3A

 

(1972), U.S.A. 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LINCOLN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Unsigned. Bronze 70mm. $60. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 5947-19092-6B

 

1954, France. CENTENARY OF COMPAGNIE CENTRALE D’ASSURANCE MARITIMES. By Georges Contaux (1891-1984). Bronze 100mm. $120.

Georges Contaux was born on September 22, 1891 in Paris. He entered the ?cole Boulle, where he studied sculpture and engraving. He joined the 26?me R?giment d?artillerie de campagne at Chartres in 1911. Contaux was wounded during World War I and had two fingers amputated. In 1921 he received an honorable mention at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais. From 1922 to 1923 he worked for the engraver Pierre Lasserre (1870-1943). He then established himself at Vigneux-sur-Seine, where he remained, for the rest of his life, working as a sculptor and medallist. We was a prolific medallist producing about twenty-five hundred medals over the span of fifty years from 1930 to 1980. About fifteen hundred of his medals were religious, another eight hundred related to sports and about 150 were portrait medals. Contaux died at Vigneux-sur-Seine on September 15, 1984.

Price: $90.00

SKU: 8581-16458-4A

 

France. SCIENCE SEATED AT A WORKBENCH. By Charles Pillet (1869-1960. Premier Grand Prix de Rome, 1890). Silvered-bronze cast artist?s model 68mm x 100mm. From Pillet?s personal collection. Top left corner slightly bent. $500. Sorry, SOLD

Charles Philippe Germain Aristide Pillet, sculptor and medallist was born on 20 July 1869 in Paris . He studied under Henri-Michel-Antoine Chapu and Jules-Cl?ment Chaplain. He won the premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1890. He became a soci?taire des Artistes Fran?ais in 1898. In 1900 he won a silver medal at the Universal Exposition. Pillet was made a chevalier of the L?gion d’Honneur in 1911. He won the Salon?s medal of honor in 1923. Pillet died in 1960.

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SKU: Q4930-15330-1T