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France, Anatole France, 1902, a large uniface cast bronze portrait plaque by H.-E. Nocq, bust right, artist’s stamp by shoulder, stamped 31, 123 x 103mm (PBE 633; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.221, 1; cf. Coll. R. Marx 349; BDM IV, 279; cf. Baudey/Bricher 1992, 63). Brown patina, very fine and very rare (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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Jacques Anatole François Thibault, better known under the pseudonym Anatole France (1844-1924), French novelist, poet, critic and man of letters; awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1921