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1931, France. SAINT CLOUD COUNTRY CLUB. By Henry Dropsy. Bronze 68mm. Cased. $225.

Henry Dropsy was born in Paris on January 21, 1885, into a family of sculptors. He learned his craft under his father Jean-Baptiste ?mile Dropsy. He later studied at l??cole Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He was a professor of medal engraving at the school for many years. Dropsy became a member of the Institut in 1942 and a member of the Commission Administrative and of the Commission du Dictionaire. He created many medals. A large collection of his work is held at the Monnaie de Paris, which put on a special exhibition of his medals in 1964, the catalogue for which remains a standard reference. His earliest works are in the art nouveau style. His style evolved considerably over his long career. Dropsy died at Veneux-Les-Sablon on November 2, 1969.

Price: $225.00

SKU: 20890-9C

 

France, medicine. OCTAVE PASTEAU, Urologist. By Paul-Marcel Dammann (1885-1939, Grand Prix de Rome 1908). Bronze 75mm. $150.

Paul-Marcel Dammann, sculptor and medallist was born on June 13, 1885, at Montgerm. He studied under Chaplain. In 1908 he won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving. In 1928 he won a medal of honor at the Salon and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in the following year. He designed a number of coins for foreign governments. Dammann died in 1939.

Price: $150.00

SKU: 20882-9C

 

Italy. PETRARCH, Scholar and Poet. By Riccardo Scarpa. Plated copper 85mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. EE of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1660/A. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 1590-20459-2C

 

1970, Great Britain. WILLIAM HOGARTH, Painter and Engraver. By Henri Lagriffoul. Plated copper 72mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Number 9 of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1114/A. $120

Price: $120.00

SKU: 20446-2C

 

1964, Italy. Astronomy. 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF GALILEO GALILEI. By Raymond Corbin. Copper 68mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. EE of an edition of 250. Catalogue Général Illustré vol. 4 450/A. $120

Raymond Corbin was born at Rochefort on April 23, 1907. He studied under Henry Dropsy at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts and succeeded him as professor of medal engraving in 1955. Corbin had a distinguished career, which included creating many medals and designing two commemorative coins for the French Mint. He won various honors. He died at Boulogne-Billancourt on March 1, 2002.

 

Price: $120.00

SKU: 6884-20444-2C

 

France. Aviation. JEAN MERMOZ – COMPAGNIE NAVIGATION FRAISSINET ET CYPRIEN FABRE. By F. Lapandery, Bronze 46mm. $70

Price: $70.00

SKU: 4850-20670-4C

 

France. SCIENCES NATURELLES. By Andr? Bloc. Bronze 69mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 3 261/C. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 6242-20695-4C

 

1983, France. LES SANTONNIERS DE PROVENCE. By Frédéric Maillart. Copper 89mm. Published by le Club Française de la Médaille. Number 40 of an edition of 100. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 2786-20455-2C

 

1987, Great Britain. SIR ISAAC NEWTON. By René Mérelle. Plated copper 78mm. Published by le Club Français de la Médaille. Number 38 of an edition of 100. Catalogue Général Illustré volume 4 1296/B. $125

Price: $125.00

SKU: 9367-20454-2C

 

1916, Canada. THE DUKE AND DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE. GOVERNOR GENERAL?S MEDAL. By Frank Bowcher. Silver 52mm. Unlisted in BHM (which lists other Governors General medals). A small cut on the face of the Duchess of Devonshire and some slight abrasion on the obverse. $225. Sorry, SOLD (June, 2023)

Price: $0.00

SKU: 6505-19034-5B

 

France. LOUIS PASTEUR. By Oscar Roty. Silver (stamped 1ARGENT on its edge) 36mm. Cased. $125.

Louis Oscar Roty was born at Paris on June 11, 1846. He initially studied painting at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux-Arts under Lecoq and Boisbaudran. It is reported that he lost the money for a paint box and subsequently enrolled in a life-drawing class and thence into sculpting. This trajectory would eventually lead to his career as the most celebrated medallist of his time. Along the way, he studied in the atelier of the statuary Augustin Dumont and under Ponscarme, Chapu and Chaplain. He won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving in 1875. Roty spent three years in Rome, where he modeled a number of waxes. In 1888 he was elected to the Acad?mie des Beaux-Arts. He took the grand prize at the International Exposition in 1889. Roty was a commander of the L?gion d?Honneur. He was responsible for reintroducing the plaquette, an art form that had been neglected since the Renaissance. His ?Semeuse? (sower) was widely used on French coins and stamps. He died in Paris on March 23, 1911.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 0947-18603-8B

 

Great Britain. DECORATION OF THE RIM. By Jane McAdam Freud. Cast bronze with a red patina 101mm x 99mm. $200. Sorry, SOLD

“Our streets abound with objects which have undergone processes of deformation that emulate the process of striking a medal. In this respect, they suggest themselves from the gutter, reemerging as medallic forms and images. As a discarded object accumulates the marks of deformation, a transition occurs. Stripped of its utility, like a medal it stands as an aesthetically valid object in its own right but again like a medal, it equally serves as a memorial to the past.”

Jane McAdam Freud was born in London on February 28, 1958. She was the daughter of artist Lucien Freud and great-granddaughter of Sigmund Freud. She is noted for her conceptual sculpture. She held her first solo show, aged 18, under the curatorship of her teachers at Putney Art School. She also studied at the Wimbledon College of Art, the Central School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art. Additionally, she spent some time studying mosaics in Ravenna. In 1986 she won the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome where she studied sculpture at the Academia de Belle Arti de Roma and at the Scuola d’Arte della Medaglia in Rome. McAdam Freud held several exhibitions of her medallic works, which are represented in museums in the United Kingdom, United States, Greece and Germany. She died on August 9, 2022.

Price: $0.00

SKU: 51078-TC

 

(1853), Germany. ST. APOLLINARIS CHURCH, REMAGEN AM RHEIN. By Jacques Wiener. Bronze 59mm. Obv: An armorial shield above a view of the church. Rev: Interior view of the church. Hoydonck 140, Reinecke 31, Ross M120. $280. Sorry, SOLD

Jacques Wiener, whose given name was Jacob, was born on March 2, 1815, at Hoerstgen (Rhine Province) to Hungarian parents. He seems to have started using Jacques as his name when he moved to Belgium. At the age of 13 he went to live with his uncle Baruth, an artist, and studied drawing, modelling and engraving. In 1835 he moved to Paris to perfect his skills and in 1839 moved to Brussels, where he established himself as an engraver. He became a naturalized Belgian in 1845. He created an extensive body of medals and is best known for his finely detailed architectural medals, especially his series of Most Remarkable Edifices. He is also widely known for engraving the first Belgian postage stamp. Wiener died in Brussels in 1899.

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SKU: 57388-10D

 

Great Britain. Literature. ALFRED LORD TENNYSON. Unsigned (J. Rochelle Thomas). Bronze 60mm. BHM 3072. $100

Price: $100.00

SKU: 51028-TC

 

France. LISEUSES (Girls reading). By Raoul Bénard (1881-1961. Grand Prix de Rome in 1922). Bronze letter opener 30mm x 210mm. Général Illustré vol. 3 42/D. $120. Sorry, SOLD

Raoul B?nard was born on 30 September 1881. He studied under the sculptor Coutan and the medallists Chaplain and Vernon. In 1911 he won the Prix de Rome for medal engraving and, in 1922, a silver medal at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais, followed by a gold medal two years later. He was later made a Chevalier de la L?gion d?Honneur. B?nard died in 1961.

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SKU: 16663-2A