Auction Catalogue

30 May 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 315 x

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30 May 2012

Hammer Price:
£60

Centenary of the Birth of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda y Arteaga, 1914, a bronze plaque by M. Tobon-Mejia, bust three-quarters right, rev. standing figure at monument holds lyre, 52 x 39mm. An attractive and sensitive memorial in the Art Nouveau style, extremely fine £70-90

Provenance: Bt I. Rudman April 1999.

Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda is mostly remembered for
Sab, her controversial first novel, in which the slave loves his master’s daughter, who marries the rich Jewish English merchant. Published in 1841, the book was banned in Cuba