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FRANCE, Corsica, 1928, a bronze plaque by L. Patriarche, Corsican woman with right arm outstretched to the branch of a fruit-tree, reverse standing emblematic ram and a map of the island in relief, 70 x 50mm (CGMP p.305; Classens 73; cf. BDW 9, 746). Extremely fine, scarce (£40-60)

The artist, Louis Patriarche, was a staunch Corsican, born at Bastia