FRANCE, Claude Monet, 1965 [struck 1967], a cast bronze medal by E. Rousseau for the Club français de la Médaille, bust left in hat, rev. water lilies, edge impressed 1967 br no. 32/200 and cornucopia, 132mm, 953.16g (CGMP p.1627; Monnaie Exh. Cat. 1965, 752; BM Acq. 1983-7, p.48, 353; cf. MPO 66, 9701). Extremely fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Simmons, November 2002

Edition of 200. Claude Monet (1840-1926), an impressionist painter, was particularly famous for his series of Nymphéas [water lilies] paintings, executed between 1897 and his death.