Lot Archive

Lot

№ 1558

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25 June 2003

Hammer Price:
£95

France, Inauguration of the Boulevard Haussmann, Paris, 1927, a bronze medal by P.-V. Dautel, bust of Haussmann, street map behind, rev. worker excavating, 65mm (Classens 47, variety; cf. DNW 30, 767); Général Georges, 1935, a bronze medal by Anie Mouroux, bust left, rev. Athena standing, 68mm (CGMP p.282); Centenary of the Birth of Camille Saint-Saëns, 1935, a bronze medal by P.-C. Lenoir, bust left, rev. standing figures flanking a list of his operatic productions, 59mm (CGMP p.240; Niggl 1748; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.43, 101; cf. DNW 37, 1292); Exposition International des Arts et Techniques, Paris, 1937, a bronze medal by R. Bénard, workman in front of old Trocadero, rev. gardens of the Palais de Chaillot, 50mm (CGMP p.40; cf. DNW 35, 695); Naissance, 1939, an octagonal bronze plaque by R. Bénard, mother holding baby, rev. love-birds in tree in rural landscape, 57 x 52mm (CGMP p.41) [5]. Last two very fine, others better (£50-80)