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Spain, Pablo Picasso, 1955, a bronze medal by J.-C. Lallement, facing bust, pablo picasso around, reverse composition of two Picasso themes, dove with olive branch in its beak and a bucranium, 81mm, edge stamped 1979 (CGMP p.1134; cf. BM Acq. 1978-82, pl.59, 85); Pablo Picasso, 1962, a bronze medal by H. Lagriffoul, bust left, reverse four early thoughts for designs by Picasso on paper, oui l’art est dangereux, etc., 68mm (CGMP p.1113); Isaac Albeniz, 1977, a bronze medal by R. Pépin for the CFM, bust right, smoking a cigarette, reverse musical score for Iberia set against a background of Spanish architecture, 77mm (CGMP pp.1458-9; Niggl 2352; cf. DW 20, 412); France, Georges Braque, 1964, a bronze medal by A.-H. Torcheux for the CFM, bust three-quarters left, reverse composition of still life with fruit, 68mm, edge un-numbered (CGMP p.1809) [4]. Interesting compositions, second about extremely fine, others practically as struck (£30-50)

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (1881-1973), the most influential and successful artist of the 20th century; Isaac Albeniz (1860-1909), Catalan composer and piano virtuoso who gave his first public performance at the age of 4, and whose most important work, Iberia, a set of pieces inspired by the music and dance of Andalusia, was composed between 1906 and 1909; Georges Braque (1882-1963), the founder, with Picasso, of Cubism