Historical and Art Medals

France, 1914. France. Camille Saint-Saéns, a uniface bronze portrait medal by T. Szirmai, bust right, 111mm (Niggl 1749). Very fine

Antoine Tony Szirmai, Hungarian-born sculptor and medallist, worked in Paris from 1892, and built up a successful name for himself as a prolific medallist. Unusually, this subject is not among the very detailed list of Szirmai's work submitted by the artist to Forrer.For another medal of Saint-Saens, see Lot 173. Illustrated at slightly under half-size