Medallion of Professor Desbonnet d'E. Fraisse
- Inventory number
- 2025.24.9.3
- Barcode
- 93715
- Type
- Médaillon , Sculpture
- Period
- Vers 1930
- Creator / Author
- Fraisse Edouard
- Origin
- achat en vente publique de Vermot et Associés (24 mai 2025)
- Materials
- bronze (fonte, patiné) Disque en bronze patiné
- Dimensions
- 2 cm - diam. 24 cm
Physical description
Large medallion in patinated bronze, the inventor's head is turned to the right. Around this head his designation. At the bottom right of the bust is a signature of the artist. The back is recessed, a small hook welded to the back allows the whole thing to be hung.
Notes
Born in 1867 into a well-to-do family in Lille, Edmond Desbonnet was at the end of the nineteenth century the claimed inventor of the term "physical culture" and the creator and promoter of a bodybuilding method that bears his name. While the latter's ultimate ambition is to "elevate the soul by developing the body" and to participate in the development of sport for all in order to "regenerate the race", it also attaches particular importance to health and plastic beauty.
Photo credits
© Collection MNS