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Auction 188 9 Feb 2021
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A Collection of European Art Medals
FRANCE, Les Singes, 1906 [issued 1907], a bronze plaque by P.-P. Jouve for the SAMF, seated monkey holding an Egyptian statue in a front paw, rev. four monkeys sat on a branch, edge stamped 183, 61 x 53mm (Maier 37; Coll. R. Marx 128; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 15; BDM VII, 491; cf. DNW 30, 840). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
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Apart from his talents as a sculptor of animals, Pierre-Paul Jouve (1878-1973) also produced book illustrations for Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book
FRANCE, Les Singes, 1906 [issued 1907], a bronze plaque by P.-P. Jouve for the SAMF, seated monkey holding an Egyptian statue in a front paw, rev. four monkeys sat on a branch, edge stamped 183, 61 x 53mm (Maier 37; Coll. R. Marx 128; ANS Exh. Cat. 1910, p.308, 15; BDM VII, 491; cf. DNW 30, 840). Very fine and very rare £300-£400
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Apart from his talents as a sculptor of animals, Pierre-Paul Jouve (1878-1973) also produced book illustrations for Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book