MAILBID 37

A Postal Auction of Medals post 1945

SIMMONS GALLERY

 

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 3 May 2007 At 12 noon BST

 

  An important collection of European medals from 1950’s-1980’s formed by Roman Weyl The medals came mainly from the Paris Mint, the Medal Museum in Wroclaw and various other small exhibitions in the Netherlands, Poland, Austria and Germany during the Soviet era.  His preference was for the abstract.  Where possible references or notes from the collector are given.  Many of the medals are quite heavy so weights are given as a guide to postal costs.   The casts are generally all in extremely fine condition with only slight handling; however the metal used in the countries of the former Soviet Union did not contain much copper and surfaces are sometimes porous or  rough. Reserve-estimate

131.              

 

Kostrezewa, Antoni (Poland) Wroclaw Town Hall  (Miasto Wroclaw) Detail of the Gothic architecture echoing in triangularity the Polish blazon of the double-headed eagle.  Edition of 16 cast bronze/base metal   132mm 0.5kg

 

50-100

132.             

 

Krasno, Rodolfo (Argentina, naturalised France 1975) Traces  1971, a puzzle in bronze, with the marks perhaps of some large wild animal; the reverse appears to have tracks that are partially eroded.   Large cast bronze, 122mm approx.  MP CFO 382 ed.  2/50  rare  1.1.kg

 

50-150

133.             

 

Kuldas, E Abstract portrait with legend (approx) ’66 Pann Weyl love Eus. Kuldas ’69 110mm cast bronze  0.5kg

 

30-50

134.             

 

Lessard, Lorraine (Canada) Ondes Oublies  (Forgotten Waves) exploring sinuous curves traced by water long since disappeared, in deserts below ground or in currents. 1972 170mm MP 1/40 , rare (Lessard is a Quebecois painter, b. 1941, winner of the Prix de Port Royal, France in 1972)  Heavy 1.8kg

 

75-150

135.            L

 

Lewinski, Bernard (Poland)  Ikarus  The foolhardy aviator about to take flight - here a metaphor for the artist taking risks, with a reference to the Christ crucified.  150mm. Large cast bronze studio work. 0.6kg

uniface

 

75-150

136.             

 

Metz, Loeki (Netherlands)  Rubens 1970, portrait of the Flemish artist as a young man; reverse - his studio with the light coming through the roof, statues around the room in niches and the artist’s model reclining with her back to us in the foreground.  Copper 68mm, struck high relief (26mm), MP CFR 350)  Small but heavy 0.7kg   Metz, b. 1918, she trained in Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris, highly influenced by Bourdelle, with major sculptures in Rotterdam

 

50-75

137.             

 

Sklavos, Yerasimos (Greece) Etude II Abstract composition, 1967 exhibited at the Paris Biennale 130mm cast bronze MP CFO 161 no.1/75  (Sklavos, 1927-1967, was killed in a tragic accident in his studio - crushed by a granite block he was working on) 0.7kg

 

50-150

138.             

 

Snoek, Jan (Netherlands) Art for Art’s Sake 1965.  Reverse text: Maecenas Penning Pulchri . 19. Studiobs (approx) 95mm.  traces of gilding on the reverse 0.4kg

 

35-50

139.             

 

Tchorek, Karol (Poland) Shakespeare 1964 Jubilee  Two heads in profile -  a confrontational dialogue that is emblematic of the playwright’s work cast bronze, black patina 160x138mm 0.7kg

 

65-100

140.             

 

Turpeinen, Leena (Finland), Untitled.  Date:? Turpeinen, b. 1941 was the winner of several Finnish medal competitions.  I haven’t traced this particular piece.  It is similar to her Earthquake exhibited at Helsinki FIDEM in 1973 and featured in the catalogue.  cast bronze 80mm  0.5kg

 

20-40

141.              

 

Zobel, Helmut (Austria), The Great Whore of Babylon an image from the Apocalypse, cast bronze 75mm.  0.3kg

 

40-65

142.             

 

Chromy, Bronislaw? (Poland) 5th anniversary of the opening of the Medal Museum  cast bronze/base metal 80mm.  The form shows the ‘opening’ of the museum.  Witty and unconventional.  0.25kg

 

40-60

 

 

Last but not least….Medals from other sources

 

 

143.             

 

Bezombes, Roger (France) 1966 Hommage à Van Gogh Sun with a nose like a sun dial, VAN GOGH EN PLEIN SOLEIL COMME UNE CIGALE… rev. entrance to the Asile Saint Paul at Aix-en-Provence, where the artist was interned; one of the first medals Bezombes made for the Monnaie de Paris;  no 56/300 cast bronze only, 1.1kg  dark blue/black patina

 

75-150

144.             

 

Bezombes, Roger (France) César 1970, sculptor’s face with ornamental beard, full of flowers, mechanical parts and part of a car - a screw nut for a mouth; rev. the famous thumb, raised like a totem,  with his signature on the nail (engraved by César in the design upon the request of Roger Bezombes)  pewter, no. 64/175  cast MP CFO 292, 120x95mm  1.1kg

 

150-250

145.             

 

Bezombes, Roger (France)  Gilgamesh hero of legend and a famous Ancient Eastern epic, surrounded with elements from his story; 100mm  cast base metal uniface MP fonte enrichie with a ball bearing.  0.25kg

 

40-60

146.             

 

Bezombes, Roger (France) Goyesca A take on the Spanish feminine mystique, hiding behind her fan.  95mm cast base metal uniface MP 0.25kg

 

40-60

147.             

 

Bezombes, Roger (France) Cadre Noir  (Black Art) A horseshoe suggests a face, a smaller version forms a monocle for his left eye; with a heavy moustache (in which a door lock can be seen).  The pun in French doesn’t really translate as a cadre is not only a frame but also a military section, so in this connection slightly sinister.  Black patina cast bronze 120mm  0.7kg

 

50-75

148.            D

 

Dufresne, Therese (France) Bruges View of the Belgian medieval town’s canals and bridges over; rev. imaginary roofscape.    1977  struck bronze 82mm boxed as new  0.3kg

 

25-35

149.             

 

Tschudin, RT (France) Tradition de la Médaille - Synthese, Symboles, Equilibre 1966, Two figures symbolising the art of the engraver and modeller; the reverse shows the balancier  or screw press with one person on the left, inspired further by the art, the other two on the right representing tradition, with 4 symbols for the metals used, gold, silver, pewter and copper. cast bronze  120mm. MP CFO 63 ed. 55/200  0.8kg

 

60-100

150.             

 

RH (Finland)  Georg Malmsten, Finnish composer.  Rev. a view of the bandstand from the park with the orchestra playing; struck bronze, 70mm.  numbered 0510 ed Sporrung  0.3kg

 

10-15

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