A Collection of Art Medals

France, 1901. France. "La Danse", Æ medal by Carabin, 50mm, SAMF 10th issue, No 177 (Coll. R.Marx No 100; Catalogue Exhibition Strasbourg and Musée d'Orsay, Paris [1993] No 117). Rare, good very fine (£200-250)

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

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Francois Rupert Carabin (1862-1932), a fascinating artist, especially well known as a wood-carver, he mainly designed furniture, notably for the connoisseur Albert Kahn. See P.K (Bronzes du XIXe) p.170.