Live auction - fme_990385 - LITERATURE : WRITERS - POETS Médaille, Joseph Conrad
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| Starting price : | 40 € |
| Estimate : | 80 € |
| Price : | no bid |
| Maximum bid : | no bid |
| End of the sale : | 25 August 2026 20:16:02 |
Type : Médaille, Joseph Conrad
Date: 1968
Mint name / Town : Monnaie de Paris
Metal : bronze
Diameter : 67,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Engraver NORMAND Janine (1934-
Weight : 172,12 g.
Edge : lisse + corne BRONZE + 1968
Puncheon : corne BRONZE
Coments on the condition:
Patine hétérogène marron claire, rayures sur les 2 faces, tâches d’oxydation au revers, coups et tâches sur la tranche
Catalogue references :
Obverse
Obverse legend : JOSEPH - CONRAD // 1857 / 1924.
Obverse description : Buste de face et tête légèrement à droite du romancier, signé : J. NORMAND.
Reverse
Reverse legend : LE NEGRE DU “NARCISSE” / LORD JIM . TYPHON . NOSTROMO / UN PARIA DES ILES . LE MIROIR DE LA MER.
Reverse description : Un vaisseau trois-mâts rappelle que Joseph Conrad choisit très jeune la carrière de marin, et que devenu sujet britannique (1886), il y servit dans la marine marchande avant de se révéler parmi les meilleurs romanciers anglais.
Commentary
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) de son vrai nom Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, est un marin puis un écrivain polonais et britannique ayant publié de nombreux romans et nouvelles (”La Folie Almayer”, “Le Nègre du Narcisse” ou encore “Lord Jim”). (cf. Wikipédia).
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), whose real name was Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a sailor and later a Polish and British writer who published numerous novels and short stories (“Almayer’s Folly”, “The Nigger of Narcissus” and “Lord Jim”). (see Wikipedia)
Joseph Conrad (1857-1924), whose real name was Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, was a sailor and later a Polish and British writer who published numerous novels and short stories (“Almayer’s Folly”, “The Nigger of Narcissus” and “Lord Jim”). (see Wikipedia)







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