Rare French Art Deco (Ca 1925) Gilded Bronze Statue, ‘The Bather’, Raymond Leon Rivoire

1900 - 1920

Sold by Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art

Description

French vintage (ca 1925) gilded bronze, the bather by Raymond Leon Rivoire (1884-1966). Signed ‘R Rivoire’ on the marble base. 13cm high, 17cm wide x 7cm deep, weight 1.7kg.

Excellent. Marble base has been damaged and repaired.

A student of Jean Antoine Injalbert (1845-1933) at the École des Beaux-Arts, Rivoire began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1905. He won a gold medal at the Salon in 1929, leading to his most important commission and a milestone of the Art Deco era, the colossal marine group ‘The God Neptune drawn by a sea horse', for the luxurious French ocean liner SS Normandie launched in 1932. This sculpture was itself a pendant to his work 'The Goddess Artemis and her greyhound' commissioned for an earlier French Art Deco ship SS Transatlantique launched in 1925.

Physical Dimensions

Height

13cm (5.12")

Width

17cm (6.69")

Depth

7cm (2.76")

Declaration

Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art has dated this piece to the 1920s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1189946

Dealers Internal Reference

AD735

Description

French vintage (ca 1925) gilded bronze, the bather by Raymond Leon Rivoire (1884-1966). Signed ‘R Rivoire’ on the marble base. 13cm high, 17cm wide x 7cm deep, weight 1.7kg.

Excellent. Marble base has been damaged and repaired.

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A student of Jean Antoine Injalbert (1845-1933) at the École des Beaux-Arts, Rivoire began exhibiting at the Salon des Artistes Français in 1905.

Antik Dragon Japanese & Other Fine Art

He won a gold medal at the Salon in 1929, leading to his most important commission and a milestone of the Art Deco era, the colossal marine group ‘The God Neptune drawn by a sea horse', for the luxurious French ocean liner SS Normandie launched in 1932. This sculpture was itself a pendant to his work 'The Goddess Artemis and her greyhound' commissioned for an earlier French Art Deco ship SS Transatlantique launched in 1925.