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1954, Dakar, Senegal. COMPAGNIE DES EAUX ET ÉLÉCRICITÉ DE L’OUEST AFRICAIN. By Raymond Delamarre. Bronze 68mm. $120. Sorry, SOLD (March, 2023)

Raymond Delamarre was born in Paris on June 8, 1890. He studied under his father, an engraver, and under Jules Coutan at l’École des beaux-arts de Paris. He was also a student of Rodin. He was mobilized in World War I and was wounded and captured in 1914. He returned to Paris following the war and won the first Grand Prize de Rome for Sculpture in 1919. He exhibited at the international expositions of 1925, 1931 and 1937. Delamarre is noted for large scale sculptures, and a bas-relief, Les Arts et Monuments Régionau on the liner ‘Normandie.”   He created a large body of medals and plaquettes. Delamarre died on February 28, 1986. Delamarre’s works, including his medals are discussed and illustrated in RAYMOND DELAMARRE, Sculpteur et Médailleur By Claire Maingon. Rennes, 1924

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SKU: 19120-6B

 

1933, France.CHAMBRE SYNDICALES DES INDUSTRIES AÉRONAUTIQUES. By Claude Mascaux (1882-1965). Bronze 68mm. $250.

Léon-Claude Mascaux was born in Saine-Germain-en-Lay (Yvelines) on June 13 1882,  He studied under the sculptors Landowski and Bouchard. He first exhibited at the Salon of the Société des Beaux Arts in 1921. In 1924 he won a medal in the artistic comptetion of the Olumpic Games. In the following year he won a Grand Prix at the Exposition des Arts Déoratifs et Industriels Moderns for a series seven sports-themed medals. Unlike his contemporaries, he eschewed the reducing machine and cut his models directly into the plaster in the actual size of his intended medals. His medals typically reflect a strong Art Deco style. Mascaux died at Fontainebleau on March 8 1965.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 8405-16660-2A

 

1946, France. PORTEUSE DE FLEURS – A.E.C. By Pierre Turin. Octagonal bronze 71mm. $250.

Pierre Turin was born in Sucy-en-Brie (Val-de-Marne) on 3 August, 1891. He trained as a steel engraver and became a student at the École Nationale Supèrieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He studied medal engraving under Henri Auguste Jules Patey and Fréderic-Charles Victor de Vernon. He participated several times in the competition for the Grand Prix de Rome for medal engraving, receiving a deuxième second Grand Prix in 1914, a premier second Grand Prix in 1919 and finally winning the competition in 1920. He had a distinguished career as a medalist and designer of coins.  He is noted for his many works with a bold, Art Deco style, in particular the prize medal from the 1925 Exposition Internationale Des Arts Decoratifs Et Industriels Moderns in Paris. In 1938 he was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur. Turin died on July 25, 1968 in Sucy-en-Brie, where he had been born.

Price: $250.00

SKU: 48053-2D

 

France. VILLE DE BOIS-COLOMBES. By Marc-Edmond Jacquin. Uniface bronze plaquette 49mm x 76mm. $125.

Marc-Edmond Jacquin was born on February 28 1901 at Paris. He studied at the ?cole des Beaux-Arts de Paris. He exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais from 1936 to 1937. He worked primarily as a sculptor. His works are represented in several public collections in France. Jaquin died in 1974.

Price: $125.00

SKU: 7730-17139-5A

 

1915, France. ÉTOILE, OU T’EN VAS TU, DANS CETTE NUIT IMMENSE? (Star, where are you going in this immense night?). By Étienne Victor Exbrayat (1879-1914). Published by La Gerbe d’Or. Embossed brass plaquette 106mm x 70mm. $60.

?tienne Victor Exbrayat, sculptor, engraver and medallist, was born at Saint-?tienne on May 12, 1879. He received an honorable mention at the Salon des artistes fran?ais in 1904 and received a troisi?me m?daille in 1911. Exbrayrat became a member of la Soci?t? des Artistes Fran?ais in 1905. Following the outbreak of World War I, he was made a corporal in the 16e r?giment d’infanterie, he died of battle wounds at the Ch?teau de Bains at Boulogne-la-Grasse on October 1914.

Price: $60.00

SKU: 53039-8D

 

Belgium Congo. THE BELGIAN PRESENCE IN CENTRAL AFRICA. Bronze 70mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD

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SKU: 48054-2D

 

FRANKFURTER MUENZENHANDLING E. BUTTON: Luffahrt – Raumfahrt (Aviation and Space Medals. Auction 126. January, 1979. 144 pages, 504 lots. 8 inches x 11 inches. Hard cover. $35. Sorry, SOLD

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1952, Belgium, Insurance. TRIBUTE TO PIERRE PLÉECK, Director of La Compagnie Belge d’Assurances Générales sur la Vie. By Marcel Rau (1886-1966). Bronze 98mm.

Price: $50.00

SKU: 53035-8D

 

1948, France. CENTENARY OF LA SOCIÉTÉ DES INGENIEURS CIVILS DE FRANCE. By Jean Vernon (1897-1975). Bronze 68mm. $90. Sorry, SOLD (December, 2022)

Jean Émile Louis de Vernon (known as Jean Vernon) was the son of medallist and sculptor Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon. He was born in Paris on April 1, 1897. Vernon studied at the École  des Arts Décoratifs and at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, under Jules Coutan and Hippolyte Jules Lefèbvre. He first exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1922 and won a silver medal in 1924 and a gold medal in 1936. Vernon worked primarily as a sculptor, but created medals, including his famous series of medals depicting scenes from Jean de la Fontaine’s Fables. He died in Paris on September 9, 1975.

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SKU: 5818-16659-3B

 

1924, Germany. UNKNOWN FEMALE PORTRAIT. Karl Mueller (1888-1972). Uniface cast bronze 94mm. $90

Price: $90.00

SKU: 9982-15554-10T

 

1821, Indonesia. DUTCH EXPEDITION TO PALEMBANG. By Michaut. Bronze 41mm. Obv: Head of King William I (left). Legend: WILH: NASS: BELG: REX: LUXEMB: M: DUX. (William of Nassau, King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg). Rev: The god of war Mars on the prow of an ancient galley, spear raised, being crowned by Victory with a laurel wreath. HOSTIUM . MUNIMENTIS . EXPUGNATIS . SATRAPE . CAPTO .
BELLO . CONFECTO. (The enemy’s fortifications having been overcome, the Governor captured, the war ended.) Exergue: AD PALEMBANG D . XXVI . JUN . MDCCCXXI.$150. Sorry, SOLD (May, 2023).

Palembang was the capital of Srivijaya, a kingdom that ruled much of the western Indonesian Archipelago, controlled the Strait of Malacca, and had fallen under British influence. An expedition launched by the Dutch succeeded in capturing the pro-British Sultan Najamuddin and garrisoning the city.

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SKU: 5604-30261-5C

 

1727, Great Britain. IMITATION OF THE OFFICIAL CORONATION MEDAL OF GEORGE II. By Thomas Tibs (After John Croker). Bronze 34.5mm. Eimer 511, MI II 479/5.$85. Sorry, SOLD

MI notes that the imitations of official medals were ill-executed; but rare on account of not being considered at the time worth preserving.

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SKU: 15785-JG

 

France. NUDE WITH A GARLAND. By Richard Fath (1900-1952). Copper Galvano mounted on a felt backing. 145mm x 145mm. (Frame approximately 7″‘ x 7″). $750. Sorry, SOLD (July, 2022)

Richard Fath was born in 1900. He was a French sculptor who worked in various media including bronze, terracotta, plaster, carved wood and marble. He was a student of Jean Boucher and exhibited at the Salon beginning in 1925. He is noted in particular for his sculptures of animals, especially dogs. He also created some medallic works including a few with a strong art deco style. Fath died in 1952.

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SKU: 17526-6A

 

France. GRANDEVILLE (Jean Ignace Isidore G?rard, 1903-1847, Caricaturist). By Andr? Belot. Bronze 86mm. Catalogue G?n?ral Illustr? vol. 4/156/B. $60. Sorry, SOLD (September, 2023)

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SKU: 8324-19070-9B

 

1920, France. LE GROUPE DE PARIS DES ANCIENS ÉLÉVES DE L’ÉCOLE CENTRALE. By René Baudichon. Bronze 52mm x 66mnm. $100

Ren? Baudichon was born at Tours on March 24, 1878. He was a student at the ?cole des Beaux-Art at Tours and later at the ?cole Nationale Sup?rieure des Beaux Arts. He studied under Ernest Barries, Fran?ois Sicard, Fr?deric-Charles Victor de Vernon, and Oscar Roty. He was admitted to the Salon des Artistes Fran?ais in 1903, where he won a bronze medal in 1904 for a plaque commissioned by the Chamber of Commence of Blois. He later won a silver medal in1914 and a gold medal in 1921. He designed numerous medallic works, but also worked as a sculptor and caricaturist. Baudichon died in Paris in 1963.

Price: $100.00

SKU: 50006-2D