French Art Nouveau SAMF medal Summer by Michelet (1908) / cliché of artist

Description

Wonderful French bronze plaquette 'L'Eté' (Summer) by Firmin Michelet.
This plaquette was issued by the 'Société des Amis de la Médaille française' (SAMF) in a limited edition of 157 and reserved to the members of this important French medal society. The artists received by the SAMF three uniface clichés of the obverse and reverse sides.
This cliché originally belonged to Firmin Michelet, the creator of this beautiful plaquette.
Very scarce.
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Artist: Firmin Michelet (1875-1951)
Title: L'Eté
Material: bronze
Size: 63x42mm
Weight: 44gr
Inscription:
Obverse: Signature MF
Reverse: 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 1 [inverted]
Edge: Cornucopia mint mark / BRONZE / Lizard mark
Mint: Monnaie de Paris
Book reference: Maier Nr. 45 (reverse)
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For countries outside the European Union, import taxes may apply.
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I am currently reorganizing my collection of Art Nouveau and Art Deco medals and plaquettes, mainly from France. Over the next weeks, I will regularly put on sale medals of prominent medal artists.
If you are interested in medals of that period, I would like to recommend the book 'French medallic art 1870-1940', which I published in 2010.