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Auction 65  21 Sep 2022
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Lot 1573

Estimate: 100 GBP
Price realized: 240 GBP
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Romania, Carol II (1893-1953, King 1930-1940), bronze medal for the Romanian Pavilion at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne, Paris, 1937, by André Lavrillier (1885-1958), uniformed and bemedaled bust of the King three-quarters r., rev. entrance façade to the Romanian Pavilion, named in exergue to the politician 'Pierre Marraud', 72mm., in red leather case of issue, a splendid Art-Deco portrait medal, extremely fine and very rare
Pierre Marraud (1861-1958), politician and former Under Secretary of State for the ministère de l'Instruction publique et des Beaux-arts. The Pavilion was designed by the Romanian architect Duiliu Marcu (1885-1966) who had graduated from the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1912. The striking entrance to the Pavilion stood some 22 meters high.
(Estimate: 100-150 GBP)
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