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Lot 135: LOUIS OSCAR ROTY

Est: $300 USD - $500 USD
Sotheby'sNew York, NY, USJanuary 25, 2011

Item Overview

Description

LOUIS OSCAR ROTY 1846-1911 MICHEL EUGENE CHEVREUL (FRENCH, 1786-1889): A MEDAL inscribed, signed O. Roty (obverse) and dated 1886 (reverse) patinated bronze diameter 2 3/4 in. 7 cm

Artist or Maker

Literature

Claude Roger-Marx, "The Renaissance of the Medal in France," The Studio, vol. 15, p. 15, illustrated
Hôtel de la Monnair, La Médaille en France de Ponscarme à la fin de la Belle Époque, Paris, June-September 1967, no. 840, pp. 125-126, illustrated p. 12 (exhibition catalogue)

Notes

Please see page 26 for an illustration of this lot.

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