330 - COLLECTION OF 8 ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO PLAQUES

COLLECTION OF 8 ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO PLAQUES A set of eight bronze bas-relief plaques, some decorated on both sides. The set includes a plaque titled “Le Nid” by the French sculptor and medalist Jean-Baptiste Daniel-Dupuis (1849–1899), one signed by Laurent Gibert featuring a woman and a bird—another medalist active during the same period (late 19th–early 20th centuries)—and another signed by Pierre Lenoir (1879–1953) in the lower right corner (the woman with fruit, octagonal format), a French sculptor and medalist, son of the sculptor Charles Joseph Lenoir, trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Rennes and later at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Another medal by Marcel Renard, (“Woman with Birds”), a French sculptor and medalist, son of the sculptor Léopold Renard, himself the son of the sculptor Charles Renard, who trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Lyon and later at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in Alfred Boucher’s studio. Yet another (Seated Woman Playing the Lyre) signed by Frédéric-Charles Victor de Vernon (born November 17, 1858, in Paris; died October 28, 1912), a French sculptor and medalist who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris in the studios of Jules Cavelier, Jules-Clément Chaplain, and Paulin Tasset. These plaques were typically produced by institutions such as the Monnaie de Paris or private foundries, often issued in multiple copies. Dimensions of *Woman with Fruit*: 7.2 x 5.4 cm