Emile Monier (1883-?)

Six medals of French West Africa Six médailles de l'Afrique Occidentale Franaise

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Emile Monier (1883-?)
Six medals of French West Africa
Six médailles de l'Afrique Occidentale Franaise
all signed lower centre Emile Monier and two dated 1930, and signed again with initials E.M. on the reverse
bronze
diam. 5 cm (6)

Literature

Four are illustrated in Beaux-Arts, Paris, 20 August 1930; Two in Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne, Paris, in the June and November numbers, 1931.

Exhibited

Naples, Second International Exhibition of Colonial Art, section of the Société Coloniale des Artistes Franais, 1934-1935, no. 364.

Lot Essay

Commissioned by the Paris Mint for the 1931 Colonial and International Exhibition in Paris. They represent the most significant ethnic groups from countries of French West Africa. On the reverse, are engraved the maps of these countries.

We would like to thank the Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne-Billancourt, for its assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

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