FRANCE, Au Jardin du Poète [The Poet’s Garden], 1968, a bronze medal by G. Lay for the Club français de la Médaille, a dream universe where everything is metamorphosed: tree trunks in the shape of slender female bodies, flower-women sheltering birds in their branches with heart-shaped leaves, rev. a bouquet of flower-women, edge impressed br and cornucopia, 1968, no.4/100, 126mm, 403.19g (CGMP p.1183; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.57, 92). Extremely fine £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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bt Simmons, September 2003

Edition of 100.