Belgium, LIEGE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1930, Medal, UNC

Belgium, LIEGE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION, 1930 Medal, UNC, Bronze 39mm medal by Joseph Witterwulghe, at Fisch & Cie (EM). EXPOSITION INTERNATIONALE DE LIEGE 1930. In center, a middle aged man is seen from the rear, nude from the waist up, with bare feet and seated on a large anvil. He holds a heavy sledge in his right hand which rests on the ground behind him. He is placed on a height which seems to look out over a vestigial landscape. The signatures are in a small exergue. To left: J. WITTERWULGHE/ SCULPSIT. To right: H. DUPOND/ FEGIT/A river view with a modern bridge in the foreground, with an Art Deco city, or perhaps the buildings of the fair, in the background. In the exergue, these words: GRANDE INDUSTRIE/ SCIENCES & APPLICATIONS/ ART WALLON ANCIEN. From the T.H.G Collection.