Maurice Guiraud-Rivière (French, 1881-1947): A patinated bronze figural group of two patriotic young woman

Maurice Guiraud-Rivière (French, 1881-1947): A patinated bronze figural group of two patriotic young woman
cast after a 1918 painting by Jules Marie George Leroux (French, 1871-1954)
entitled 'Pour hâter la Victoire et pour nous revoir bientôt, Soucrivez !', the girls in traditional dress, one waving, the other holding a bunch of flowers, signed and dated M. GUIRAUD RIVIÈRE, the rear inscribed with Susse Freres and Cire Perdure foundry marks and numbered 5, 51cm high