Auction Catalogue

25 November 1998

Starting at 1:00 PM

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British and World Coins. Tokens and Historical Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 824

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25 November 1998

Hammer Price:
£140

Statues to Claude Debussy Erected in Paris and St Germain-en-Laye, 1930, a uniface bronze plaque by P. Turin, bust left, 109 x 77mm (cf. CGMP p.380; cf. Niggl 538; cf. BDW 5, 151 and DNW 37, 1281). Extremely fine and lightly patinated, very rare in this size (£120-150)

Niggl does not record a plaque of this size. Claude Debussy (1862-1918), innovative composer and the leading exponent of French musical impressionism in the late 19th century