Marianne de Coeffin
Engraved by Josette Hébert-Coëffin
Josette Hébert-Coëffin (1908-1973) was a French sculptor, engraver, medalist. Her vocation was born very early at the age of 5. She first studied at École des Beaux-Arts de Rouen (Normandy) and won at 16 y.o. a First Prize of sculpture and architecture, she then studied in Paris under Wlerick and Despiau. Obtained a Gold Medal at the 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques and the same year a scholarship from the Guggenheim foundation in New York. She was the first medalist woman to be chosen to engrave a President medal (Réné Roty). Many of her medals were issued as particulars Editions.