1909 Edouard Fraisse Bronze of Boxer Willie Lewis: ETA New Bronzes

Michael B · #1 03-29-2019, 10:01 PM

Fraisse also competed in the Olympics in the art category. Up until 1948 there were art competitions during the Olympics. It including painting, sculpturinging, architecture, literature and music. The winners received medals the same as the athletes. Fraisse competed in sculpturing (correct name) and painting in 1924, 1928 and 1932, but did not medal. Avery Brundage, president of the USOC and IOC, was one of the few people who competed in athletics and the art competitions. Athletics in 1912 and Mixed Literature in 1932 and 1936.

D. Bergin · #2 03-30-2019, 01:02 AM

Willie Lewis French Mag.

Exhibitman · #3 03-30-2019, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael B

Fraisse also competed in the Olympics in the art category. Up until 1948 there were art competitions during the Olympics. It including painting, sculpturinging, architecture, literature and music. The winners received medals the same as the athletes. Fraisse competed in sculpturing (correct name) and painting in 1924, 1928 and 1932, but did not medal. Avery Brundage, president of the USOC and IOC, was one of the few people who competed in athletics and the art competitions. Athletics in 1912 and Mixed Literature in 1932 and 1936.

And I thought ice skating was an activity and not a sport because of the lack of objective criteria for evaluation...

71buc · #4 03-30-2019, 10:23 AM

Beautiful piece Adam

CarltonHendricks · #5 03-31-2019, 12:43 AM

Nice going Adam...good pick up....8" tall is a good size...how'd ya find it...what's on the back...anyway to hang it?

Exhibitman · #6 03-31-2019, 02:12 PM

Carlton, it was in a mixed lot of boxing memorabilia I picked up. It had a wood and silk frame around it but that was so busted up and stained that it was unsalvageable. It was glued to an inset in the frame from the back. I might have it reframed in a shadow-box type arrangement, though I like it as a freestanding piece on the end table.

steve B · #7 04-01-2019, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Exhibitman

And I thought ice skating was an activity and not a sport because of the lack of objective criteria for evaluation...

An old girlfriend was into skating, I told her it couldn't be a sport since it didn't involve hitting things with sticks, kicking things or any sort of vehicle.

We'd broken up by the time the whole Nancy Kerrigan thing happened, but I sent her a message saying I was wrong about skating....
She's gotten over it, but was pretty mad at me for a while.

Exhibitman · #8 09-14-2019, 10:25 PM

Added two more small bronzes to my 'collection' (about the size of Goudeys); also French:

This one is by Rene Baudichon

This one by Andre Mery:

Exhibitman · #9 09-24-2019, 04:34 PM

Another one, this one is 100 mm tall and is an amateur boxing award by A. Deudonne, ca. 1945-1950.

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