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04 May 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) -
164 bis, avenue Charles-de-Gaulle - 92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Tsuguharu Foujita and Camille Claudel modernized the classics, from mythological characters to the image of the Madonna.
Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Perseus and the Gorgon, "small model" or smallPerseus, c. 1905, signed bronze proof, Eugène Blot cast, 51 x 30 x 25 cm/20.08 x 11.82 x 9.85 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Perseus and the Gorgon, "small model" or smallPerseus, c. 1905, signed bronze proof, Eugène Blot cast, 51 x 30 x 25 cm/20.08 x 11.82 x 9.85 in. Estimate: €200,000/300,000
Perseus beheading Medusa, whose mere glance could turn a person to stone, has fueled artists’ imaginations since classical antiquity. Over the centuries, the Gorgon’s monstrous image gradually morphed into that of a venomous beauty. Benevento Cellini’s 1553…
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