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Lot 635

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France, Algerian Indigenous Arts Expo, 1937(1938), Medal, UNC; France, Algerian Indigenous Arts Expo, 1937(1938) Medal, UNC, Exhibition Of Indigenous Arts Of Algeria. signed C. Alaphilippe 1937. Rare. Exquisite native woman holding a necklace/ entablature, carpet and vase. Triangle stamped on edge. Bronze, 59mm. Rare medal by Camille Alaphilippe (Tours, 1874 - Algeria, after 1934). Student of Laurens and Barrias at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. In 1898, he won the First Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture. After the Great War, demobilized, sick and ruined, he went to Algeria where he became responsible for the sculpture section at the School of Fine Arts in Algiers.
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