Art & Statues
Art Deco Sculpture by Raymond Leon Rivoire Titled FEMME AU LEVRIER
Femme au Levrier art deco statue by Raymond Leon Rivoire circa 1925. This is an important iconic image depicting the goddess of hunting, Artemis (or Diana in Roman Mythology), and her greyhound dog. It is a beautifully sculpted bronze statue in a verdigris green finish. This design was available in three sizes; this is the medium size made for sale. A larger version was originally installed on the French Ocean Liner, The L’Atlantique. The one for sale here is with a non-original wood base,
This statue has great detail and exquisite deco styling. It is signed in 3 places, once on the front by the artist Rivoire, once on the back by Susse Freres Editions Paris, and a small foundry stamp. The condition is excellent, all original, and a beauty to behold. Well documented with many international auction sales and depicted in important literature on art deco.
The large-scale version of the statue shown here by Rivoire is displayed at the back of this Grand room on the French L’Atlantique liner.
Student of Injalbert at the Beaux-Arts in Paris, he exhibited at the Salon of French Artists in 1905. He received a silver medal in 1921 and gold in 1929. He exhibited in France and abroad (London, Rome, Buenos Aires). He made a bronze for the Normandie Oceanliner representing Neptune pulled by a marine horse (this disappeared in the ship’s fire in New York in 1942). There is a second copy that still adorns a fountain in Cannes. Another of his major works is Diana and the Greyhound, also known as Artemis. Like Normandie, a monumental copy of this statue was installed in the living room of the ocean liner L’Atlantique. Scattered remnants of the work were found during the demolition that followed this fire. Drawings can be found in several museums (Louvre Museum, Newark Museum of New Jersey, United States), as well as the Cusset Museum, which houses many of its productions.
RAYMOND LEON RIVOIRE
He was appointed Knight of the Legion of Honor on December 29, 1932, and decorated on January 13, 1933, by Jean Gautier, Deputy Director of the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. At the end of his life, he was a boarder at Ris-Orangis, the artists’ retirement home founded by Dranem.
