LOT DETAILS

Materials:

bronze with brown patina

Measurements:

24.49 in. (62.20 cm.) (height)

Edition:

number two from an edition of 25, of which only 18 were cast

Markings:

signed, numbered and stamped with the foundry mark 'C.Claudel EUG.BLOT PARIS 2' (on the front of the base)

Exhibited:

Madrid, Fundacion Mapfre, Camille Claudel 1864-1943, November 2007 - January 2008, no. 39-45; this exhibition later travelled to Paris, Musée Rodin, May - July 2008. Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Künstlerpaare - Liebe, Kunst und Leidenschaft, October 2008 - February 2009, no. 6, p. 84 (illustrated p. 85).

Literature:

C. Morice, Mercure de France, Paris, 1905. Le Courier Musical, Paris, 1905. Le Cri de Paris, Paris, 1907. Gil Blas, Paris, 1907. H. Asselin, 'La Vie artistique: Camille Claudel sculpteur (1864-1943)', in Extinfor, no. 8239, 1951, p. 3. D. de Charnage, 'Camille Claudel', in La Croix, 26 November 1951. M. Seurieère, 'Gazette des arts: Camille Claudel (Musée Rodin)', in L'Opéra, 28 November - 4 December 1951. P. Sentenac, 'Les sculptures de Camille Claudel et les galeries', in Cette Semaine, 12 - 18 December 1951. M. Schorans, 'L'Abandon de Camille dans un musée Gantois', in Le Soir, Paris, 1989. R.M. Paris & A. de la Chapelle, L'Oeuvre de Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1990, no. 63 (another bronze version illustrated pp. 29, 37 & 205-206). A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon & D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, no. 23.5, pp. 68-75 (another bronze version illustrated p. 73). R.M. Paris, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2004, pp. 439-441 (another cast illustrated).

Provenance:

The artist's family. Keating Fine Art, by whom acquired in 1985. Private collection, United Kingdom. Private collection, Taiwan. Robert Bowman Gallery, London. Acquired from the above by the present owner.