Offered by Jean-Yves Buhard
Bronze with brown patina depicting "Baigneuse se knouant les cheveux" ("Bathers tying their hair")
By Léon Ernest Drivier (1878-1951)
Signed 'DRIVIER' on the terrace.
Born in Grenoble in 1878, Léon-Ernest Drivier was a French sculptor, painter and illustrator. After studying with Louis-Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he began working with Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) in 1907.
Léon-Ernest Drivier died in early 1951 in Paris, and is now exhibited in numerous French and international public collections.
Dimensions :
Total height: 20 cm
Height of veined yellow marble base: 8 cm
Statue height: 12 cm
base 65 x 65 mm