Louis Riché - Sculpture

Beautiful Art Deco bronze sculpture. Elegant with lion cubs (or lionesses) by Louis Riché. Each of the figures that make up the sculpture is in bronze with a brown patina. Each piece is engraved with the word ‘bronze’. Magnificent craftsmanship of great refinement. Excellent condition. A little homogeneous wear of the patina on the hair of the elegant and a punctiform wear on the right hip (see photo) . White veined black marble in very good condition. No dents. Original screws and bolts. Height: 33. 5 cm (36. 5 cm with the marble) Length: 61 cm (64 cm with the marble) Marble depth: 15 cm. Weight: 15. 6 kg Louis Riché (1877-1949) , French sculptor, pupil of Georges Gardet. He was one of the youngest artists to exhibit at the Salon des Artistes Français. He was particularly famous for his animal representations including felines. Quoted in Christopher Payne's work: “Animaux en bronze”; and by Georges Sauvage in “Une brève histoire des bronze”.