A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen

France, Death of Léon-Paul Fargue, 1947, a bronze medal by R. Corbin, bust right, reverse evocation of the old streets in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, bird on railings in foreground, 81mm (CGMP p.446; BM Acq. 1978-82, p.53, 33). Practically as struck, rare (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Art Medals formed by Christian Christensen.

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Issued by the Monnaie in 1948. Léon-Paul Fargue (1876-1947), the so-called ‘Poet of Paris’; the reverse design of the medal derives from his Le Pieton de Paris, a memoir of Paris literary life in the days before World War I