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"Thoughts" by Guiraud Rivière
A wonderful early 20th Century Art Deco gilt bronze figure on a seated beauty with her hands rested on her knees in deep contemplation exhibiting excellent colour and very fine hand finished detail, raised on a marble plinth and signed Guiraud Riviere
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 36 cm
Width: 41 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1925
Materials: Silvered Bronze and Marble
Book Ref Art Deco & Other Figurines by Bryan Catley
Page No: 181
SKU: 9314
ABOUT
Maurice Guiraud-Rivière was born in Toulouse in 1881 and was a painter, draftsman, sculptor, the nephew of Theodore Riviere and student of the National School of Fine Arts where he studied under the direction of Antonin Mercie master of his uncle and like them native of Toulouse.
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