MAURICE GUIRAUD-RIVIÈRE (FRENCH, B.1881): A LARGE EARLY 20TH CENTURY BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP OF A NUDE GIRL AND SATYR DANCING CAST BY ETLING, PARIS the nude girl with vines adorning her hair, the rectangular base also cast with grapes and vine leaves, signed 'M. GUIRAUD RIVIERE' and 'ETLING PARIS', raised on a rectangular Verde Antico marble plinth,61cm high x 79cm wide The renowned Art Deco sculptor Maurice Guiraud-Rivière studied at the École des Beaux Arts and exhibited at the Paris Salon in the 1920's and 30's. He also exhibited at the Salon des Humoristes. Edmond Laurent Etling played a key role in the formation of the Art Deco movement in Paris, he not only owned a bronze foundry 'Edmond Etling & Cie', which cast works by some of the most important sculptors of the day, but also a gallery at 158 Rue de Temple, and a business which directly commissioned works from artists that he supported, La Societe Anonyme Edmond Etling. He worked with many of the iconic Art Deco sculptors that typify the movement, such as Dimitri Chiparus, Roberte Colinet, and of course Guiraud-Riviere. Like Guiraud-Riviere he won numerous prizes for his work including Gold medal and diplomas d'honneur at the Brussels International Exhibition of 1910, Grand Prix at the World's Fair Turin, 1911, Grand Prix and diplomas d'honneur at the Paris Exhibition, 1913 Exposition international des Arts Décoratifs et industriels moderne, 1925 and World Exhibition Paris, 1937. A bronze figural group 'Three Athletes', by Etling and Guiraud-Riviere was sold at Sotheby's, New York, 11 December 2003, lot 157, $36,000.