SET OF THREE MEDALLIONS : - François-Rupert CARABIN (1862-1932) Presumed portrait of Victor Hugo (1802-1885) Bronze medallion with light-brown patina. Signed R Carabin on the rim. D. 10 cm Wooden frame H. 18 L.16 cm - Philippe GAILLEPAND (19th-20th century) Georges Bizet (1838-1875) Medallion in patinated plaster. Signed Gaillepand on the rim. Titled G. Bizet. H. 12.5 L.11 cm - Michel CAZIN (1869-1917) Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) Bronze medallion with light brown patina. Monogrammed MC. Titled Pierre. Puvis. de. Chavannes and dated 1885. D. 10 cm Related literature: Colette Merklen-Carabin, L'œuvre de Rupert Carabin : 1862-1932, cat. exp. Paris, Galerie du Luxembourg, May 20-October 1974, Paris, 1974 300/500 the lot

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