RODIN (Augustus). Autograph letter signed at the Courrier de l'Aisne. Paris, May 19, 1892. 2 pp. in-8. "You were kind enough to quote me in the sculptors that you noticed on the Champ-de-Mars. Allow me to mention my pupil Miss Camille Claudel, who is from the department and who is having great success at the moment with my bust placed in a place of honour at the Salon. Lhermitte, an outstanding artist of the department, has just commissioned a bust from her. My pupil had already made a bust of one of his children [the photographer Charles Lhermitte]. The newspapers in Paris made a reputation for him. I WILL BE PERSONALLY FLATTENED THAT YOU WILL TAKE HIS TALENT INTO ACCOUNT, and that you will be willing to record in your Courrier de l'Aisne the already well-known name of Miss Camille Claudel. French Art, in its issue devoted to the Champ-de-Mars, gave a great photograph of her... »
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