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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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