Lot n° 379
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VERMEIL - RARE VERES BELLE MEDAILLE ART NOUVEAU de Georges G - Lot 379
VERMEIL - RARE VERES BELLE MEDAILLE ART NOUVEAU de Georges GUIRAUD *.
Commemorative: " LA SOCIETE D' HORTICULTURE DE LA HAUTE VIENNE ",
to its President Mr Pierre GUILLOT on the occasion of his appointment to the Order of the
LEGION D' HONNEUR 1956 - plate 54 x 102 mm - In an oval, a young nude woman, in profile, kneeling, lays a spray of roses; artist's signature in the oval.
on the edge, horn hallmark and silver 1st title - 190 grams.
* Georges GUIRAUD : engraver / medallist / painter, born 1901 in Toulouse, died 1989 in Paris. Trained at the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Paris, 2nd second prize in medal engraving in 1923, 1st Grand Prix de Rome in 1926. Resident at Villa Médicis from 1927 to 1930. Official painter to the French Navy in 1942 - around coins, chosen to create the figureheads for Esso oil tankers, author of the Mémorial de la Résistance de Chasseneuil en Charente etc...
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