MAURICE GUIRAUD-RIVIÈRE (1991-1947) Head of a Smiling Faun, commonly known as Portrait of Vaslav Nijinsky in L'Après-midi d'un faune, the model created circa [1912]. Sculpture. Proof in sifted, fine-fired clay. Early edition, probably from the Manufacture de Sèvres, without mark or stamp. Two slight chips on an edge at the back of the base. Signed M. GUIRAUD-RIVIÈRE on the front of the base. H. 52 cm