Auction Catalogue

1 June 1994

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Historical and Art Medals

Mayfair Art Exhibition Centre  15/16 Grosvenor St  London  W1X 9FB

Lot

№ 57

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1 June 1994

Hammer Price:
£65

France, 1907. France. Claude Dubussy, a cast bronze uniface portrait medal by Eliza Beetz- Charpentier, bare-headed bust left, 58mm (Niggl 534a; Classens 10). Very fine and very rare

Claude Debussy (1862-1918), composer; Eliza Beetz-Charpentier was the Dutch-born wife of Alexandre Charpentier yet a noted medallist and sculptor in her own right