RAYMOND LÉON RIVOIRE (1884-1966) SCULPTOR & MANUFACTURE NATIONALE DE SÈVRES Tête de femme dite aussi Tête de Diane, from the group Artémis dite aussi Diane au lévrier, model designed around [1928], the monumental version created for the liner L'Atlantique launched in 1931. Sculpture Proof in porcelain bisque. A hidden crack on the back. Signed R. RIVOIRE, bears the date stamp SÈVRES -Manufacture Nationale France; probably accompanied by the letter d for 1931 at the base of the neck at the back. Height: 23.5cm Public collections and related works: - Musée municipal de la Tour Prisonnière, Cusset - A bronze proof of the group Diane au lévrier is held in the collections of this institution. - Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn - A bronze proof of the group Diane au lévrier is held in the collections of this institution under inventory number 72.2.2. Exhibitions and related works: - Exposition internationale de Barcelone 1929 - Barcelona, May 20, 1929 - January 15, 1930. A bronze print of the group Diane au lévrier exhibited in the entrance hall of the exhibition, during this event. - Vichy, l'internationale - Two centuries of openness to the world - Vichy, Ancien hôtel international, May 4 to November 11, 2024. A patinated plaster proof of the Tête de Diane, and a bronze proof of the group Diane au lévrier, exhibited during this event. Bibliography: - Art et Industrie - N° 5 du 10 mai 1928. A bronze proof of the group Diane au lévrier reproduced on page 49. - Les Echos des Industries d'Art - N° 40, November 1928. A bronze proof of the group Diane au lévrier reproduced on page 9. - Raymond Rivoire (1884-1966), sculpteur - Une œuvre, reflet de la statuaire de la première moitié du siècle - Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée municipal de la Tour Prisonnière, Cusset (June - October 1999), Éditions du musée, Cusset, 1999. Bronze proofs of the group Diane au lévrier reproduced on the cover, as well as on page 17, on a photograph from the Barcelona International Exhibition.