Lot Essay
Reine-Marie Paris has confirmed the authenticity of this bronze.
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Etude de tête pour 'l'Age mûr'
Details
Camille Claudel (1856-1943)
Etude de tête pour 'l'Age mûr'
signed 'Camille Claudel' (on the left side of the neck), numbered and stamped with the Coubertin foundry mark '6/8' and dated '1995' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with black patina
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1894-1900; this bronze version cast in 1995
Etude de tête pour 'l'Age mûr'
signed 'Camille Claudel' (on the left side of the neck), numbered and stamped with the Coubertin foundry mark '6/8' and dated '1995' (on the back of the neck)
bronze with black patina
Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
Conceived in 1894-1900; this bronze version cast in 1995
Literature
A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, p. 118.
Sale room notice
The correct cataloguing is:
signed 'Camille Claudel'(on the left side of the neck), dated, numbered and stamped with the Coubertin foundry mark '6/8 1995' (on the back of the neck).
Conceived in 1894-1900; this bronze version cast in 1995.
The correct measurements are: Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm.)
signed 'Camille Claudel'(on the left side of the neck), dated, numbered and stamped with the Coubertin foundry mark '6/8 1995' (on the back of the neck).
Conceived in 1894-1900; this bronze version cast in 1995.
The correct measurements are: Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm.)