Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1576

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8 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£40

WORLD ART MEDALS Hungary, Bela Bartók, bronze portrait medal by András Beck, reverse composition inspired by the “Cantata Profana”, 67mm (CGMP IV, p.122; Niggl 89). Extremely fine (£40-50)

A powerful portrait of this famous Hungarian composer, issued by the French Mint in 1981.