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An Iconic Work by Camille Claudel

Published on , by Caroline Legrand
Auction on 14 May 2022 - 11:00 (CEST) - 2, rue du Gué-aux-Ânes - 28100 DREUX

From one of Camille Claudel’s most famous groups, The Age of Maturity, this Implorer remains one of the artist’s most prized works at auction.

Camille Claudel (1864-1943), The Implorer, small model, bronze, signed on top of... An Iconic Work by Camille Claudel

Camille Claudel (1864-1943), The Implorer, small model, bronze, signed on top of base, stamp of caster “Eug. Blot Paris”, no. 25, 28.4 x 30.3 x 16.5 cm (11 x 12 x 6 in).
Estimate: €120,000/150,000

A true metaphor for her own experience of being abandoned by her mentor and lover Auguste Rodin , this work has everything to please lovers of the sensitive and passionate art of Camille Claudel. As proof, €226,800 was collected on March 25, 2021, in Paris for the copy numbered “22” of this small model of The Implorer…
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