Special Collections

Sold on 3 April 1998

1 part

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A Collection of Historical and Art Medals, the Property of a European Collector

Lot

№ 694

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3 April 1998

Hammer Price:
£130

Bucolique, 1937, a cast bronze medal by Aleth Guzman [-Nageotte] for the SFAM, naked male standing with bull, BVCOLICA, reverse vine, SEMIPVTATA TIBI, etc., 79mm, edge stamped 142 (cf. BDW 18, 621). Powerful style, extremely fine and rare (£120-150)

Ex Baudey/Bricher Mailbid Auction, Sept. 1992 (183).

Aleth Guzman-Nageotte (1904-78), studied under Yencesse, Patey and Dammann; she was the first female to win the coveted Premier Grand Prix de Rome for medallic sculptre, in 1929