ALGERIA
Centenary of Algeria
Triptych uniface, in bronze (stamped BRONZE on edge), 116 x 56 mm and 37 x 57 mm, by Beguet, commemorating the centenaryof Algeria in 1930, on the central plaquette, a fraternization scene between a group of ingenous and european women ; on the left plaquette, two men ploughing ; on the right plaquette, two women and a child picking fruits (Escande 201).
Triptych ordered by Commissariat général and issued in 700 exemples, reproducing a bas-relief of the Palais des Délégations Financiaires in Algiers.
PROVENANCE: Collection Anvers. Elsen, auction 90, 9 December 2006, lot 1867.
Rare, in a worn brown leather case by Maison Gve Wolfers ; plaquettes, a few spots of verdigris, small knocks, about extremely fine.