LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze

Size Notes:

height: 11¼ in.

Edition:

Conceived in 1900; this example cast between 1900-04 as number 26 from an edition of 59.

Description:

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Markings:

inscribed with artist's signature and numbered 26; stamped with the foundry mark Eug. Blot Paris

Condition:

Bronze with brown-green patina. The figure is attached to the base at two places. Moderate verdigris and abrasion to the patina throughout the figure's body and along the bottom edge of the base, most notably along the figure's torso and back legs. Hairline joining seams are visible at the figure's upper arms, inherent to the casting process. Accretions of dust in the deep crevices of the body. Light surface scratching visible throughout. One pindot loss to the base between the figure's feet. This work is in overall very good condition.

Literature:

Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée Rodin, Cécile Goldscheider, Camille Claudel, 1951, no. 26, p. 15, illustration of another cast Anne Delbée, Une Femme, Paris, 1982, n.p. illustration of another cast Anne Rivière, L’Interdite, Camille Claudel 1864-1943, Paris, 1983, no. 23, p. 76, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Musée Rodin, Paris and Musée Sainte-Croix, Poitiers, Camille Claudel (1864-1943), 1984, no. 20b, illustrations of another cast pp. 56-7 Exh. Cat., Reine-Marie, Paris, Camille Claudel, 1984, illustrations of another cast pp. 362-3 Exh. Cat., Bern, Kunstmuseum, Camille Claudel-Auguste Rodin, 1985, no. 51, n.p., illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Washington, D.C., National Museum of Women in the Arts, Camille Claudel, 1988, no. 27, p. 23, illustration of another cast Reine-Marie Paris, Camille Claudel, Paris, 1988, pp. 274-75, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Paris, Galerie H. Odermatt-Ph. Cazeau, Camille Claudel 1864-1943, 1988-89, no. 3, n.p., illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Camille Claudel, 1990-91, no. 69, p. 107, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Paris, Musée Rodin, Camille Claudel, 1991, no. 73, n.p., illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Morlaix, Musée des Jacobins, Camille Claudel, 1993, p. 52, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., Luxembourg, Cercle Municipal, Camille Claudel, 1995, no. 36, n.p., illustration of another cast Gérard Bouté, Camille Claudel. Le Miroir et la nuit, Paris, 1995, pp. 146, 148 and 151-52, illustrations of another cast François Duret-Robert, "L’Affaire Claudel," in Connaissance des Arts, Paris, no. 523, 1995, p. 115, illustration of another cast Anne Rivière, Bruno Gaudichon and Danielle Ghanassia, Camille Claudel. Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, no. 43.6b, pp. 116-7, illustrations of another cast Exh. Cat., Mexico City, Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Camille Claudel, 1997, p. 98-9, illustration of another cast Exh. Cat., São Paolo, Pinacoteca do Estado, Camille Claudel, 1997, no. 33, p. 151 illustration of another cast Anne Rivière, Bruno Gaudichon and Danielle Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2001, no. 44.9, p. 141, illustration of another cast

Provenance:

Private Collection, Switzerland Sotheby's New York, 11 May 2000, lot 132 (consigned by the above) Acquired from the above by the present owner