Lot Archive

Lot

№ 105

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1 June 1994

Hammer Price:
£70

France, 1920. France. Lucien Levy-Bruhl, a bronze medal by P. M. Landowski, bare-headed bust left, reverse a group of early cavemen metalworking a sculpture, 68mm (CGMP p. 224). Strong portrait, about extremely fine

Lucien Levy-Bruhl (1857-1939), sociologist. This medal was issued by the French Mint in 1932. For another portrait medal of Levy-Bruhl, see Great Jewish Portraits in Metal Jewish Museum, 1963), p. 42. Pierre Maximilien Landowski (1875-1961), sculptor, worked with Barrias