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CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1864-1943)

Lot 431
03.03.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 431 | CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1864-1943)
Estimate value
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CAMILLE CLAUDEL (1864-1943)

L'Abandon

signed 'Claudel' (on the base); stamped with the foundry mark and numbered 'EUG.BLOT PARIS 13' (on the base)

bronze with dark brown patina

height: 16 7/8 in. (42.8 cm.)

Conceived in 1888 and cast in bronze by Eugène Blot, Paris, in 1905





Provenance

Freeland Gallery, London.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1984.



Literature

C. Morice, "Le Salon d'Automne" in Mercure de France, Paris, 1 December 1905, p. 391.

Le Courrier musical, 1905.

Le Cri de Paris, Paris, 10 December 1907.

Gil Blas, June 1907.

H. Asselin, 'La Vie artistique: Camille Claudel sculpteur (1864-1943)', in Extinfor, no. 8239, 1951, p. 3.

A. Rivière, L'Interdite, Camille Claudel, Paris, 1983, p. 74 (another cast illustrated p. 23).

B. Gaudichon, 'Catalogue raisonné de l'œuvre sculpté, peint et gravé', in exh. cat., Camille Claudel, Paris, 1984, no. 12e, pp. 41-45 (another cast illustrated p. 43).

J. Cassar, Dossier Camille Claudel, Séguier, 1987.

R.-M Paris, Camille Claudel, Paris, 1984, pp. 225-226, 358 (illustrated pp. 244-253; titled 'Çacountala, L'abandon, Vertumne et Pomone').

R.-M. Paris, Camille: The Life of Camille Claudel, Rodin's Muse and Mistress, London, 1988, p. 109 (another cast illustrated; incorrectly titled 'Çacountala').

M. Schorans, 'L'Abandon de Camille dans un musée Gantois', in Le Soir, February 1989.

Exh. cat., Camille Claudel, Martigny, 1990, no. 86, p. 128 (illustrated p. 156).

J.-J. Lévêque, Les années impressionnistes, 1870-1889, Paris, 1990, p. 542 (illustrated p. 543).

R.-M. Paris, A. de la Chapelle, L'œuvre de Camille Claudel, Arhis-Biro, 1990, p. 205-206 (illustrated).

R.-M. Paris & A. de La Chapelle, L'œuvre de Camille Claudel, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1991, no. 63, p. 205 (another cast illustrated pp. 205-206).

G. Bouté, Camille Claudel, Le miroir et la nuit: Essai sur l'art de Camille Claudel, Paris, 1995, pp. 72-75 (another cast illustrated pp. 76-79).

R.-M. Paris, Camille Claudel, re-trouvée, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2000, no. 62a, pp. 439 & 441-442 (another cast illustrated).

A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon & D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2001, no. 23.6, pp. 91-93 (the plaster illustrated p. 95).

A. Le Normand-Romain, Camille Claudel & Rodin, Le temps remettra tout en place, Paris, 2003, no. 43, p. 37 (another cast illustrated).

R.-M. Paris & P. Cressent, Camille Claudel, Intégrale des œuvres, Paris, 2014, no. 314, p. 637 (another cast illustrated p. 636).

R.-M. Paris & P. Cressent, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, 5e édition, revue, corrigée et augmentée, Paris, 2019, no. 55-2, pp. 381-384 (another cast illustrated pp. 381-382).



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Artist:Camille Claudel (1864 - 1943)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Impressionism
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
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