Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer (French, 1849 -1933): An anatomical écorché plaster figure
the standing male figure with outstretched palms, the left hand side of his body and face anatomically rendered revealing half a skull to the head and muscle sinew to the body, raised on shallow square integral plinth with inset square artists gilt metal pastille and inscribed number 124, 61cm high
Footnotes:
Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer (17 January 1849 – 17 December 1933) was a French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor, medallist, and anatomical artist who was a native of Chartres. He was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898).

Richer was an assistant to Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière, and from 1882 to 1896 was chief of the laboratory at the Salpêtrière Hospital. With Charcot he performed research of hysteria and epilepsy, and also performed studies of medicine and its relationship to art.

In 1903, Richer was appointed to the chair of artistic anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts, and in 1907-08 was president of the Société Française d'Histoire de la Médecine (French Society for the History of Medicine). His sculptures can be found in museums throughout Europe, including the Musée d'Orsay. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics.