Sculptures
MARTELL GALLERY
Georges Rigot
The Gamine , 1925
Bronze and I vory
14. inches Height
A2156
An elegant Art Deco chryselephantine figure of a young woman standing demurely on a stepped marble base, attributed to Georges Rigot (also seen as Gérard/Georges L. Rigot), French sculptor active...
An elegant Art Deco chryselephantine figure of a young woman standing demurely on a stepped marble base, attributed to Georges Rigot (also seen as Gérard/Georges L. Rigot), French sculptor active in the 1920s–30s.
The girl is shown upright with her feet together, hands clasped behind her back, wearing a knee‑length, finely patterned party dress whose cold‑painted bronze contrasts with the carved ivory (or bone) head and arms, a typical mixed‑material luxury treatment of the period. The simplified, vertical silhouette, bobbed hair and youthful, introspective pose capture the quiet modern elegance associated with French Art Deco figural sculpture.
The girl is shown upright with her feet together, hands clasped behind her back, wearing a knee‑length, finely patterned party dress whose cold‑painted bronze contrasts with the carved ivory (or bone) head and arms, a typical mixed‑material luxury treatment of the period. The simplified, vertical silhouette, bobbed hair and youthful, introspective pose capture the quiet modern elegance associated with French Art Deco figural sculpture.