Numismatic Auction #19

EGYPT: Farouk, 1936-1952, AE medal, 1938, 78mm, bronze medal by P. Turin, struck for the XVIIIth International Cotton Congress in 1938 in Egypt, profile portrait of King Farouk wearing fez / cotton flower before stylized Nile River and Pyramids of Giza, light obverse discoloration, EF. Pierre Turin is widely considered the most accomplished Art Deco medalist. He was born in Sucy-en-Brie, France, in 1891 and died in 1968. He attended the école des Beaux-Arts, where he studied under Vernon, Patey and Coutain. In 1920 he won the Grand Prix de Rome, and was made Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur in 1936. His most famous work is the medal for the International Exposition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts that gave the name to the Art Deco style. (Photo Size Reduced).