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Camille Claudel (1864-1943)
Rêve au coin du feu
signed 'C. CLAUDEL' and stamped with foundry mark 'EUG BLOT PARIS' (on the front of the base)
bronze with brown patina and white marble
Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.)
Length: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1905; this bronze and marble version executed by 1937
Rêve au coin du feu
signed 'C. CLAUDEL' and stamped with foundry mark 'EUG BLOT PARIS' (on the front of the base)
bronze with brown patina and white marble
Height: 8 7/8 in. (22.6 cm.)
Length: 10 7/8 in. (27.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1905; this bronze and marble version executed by 1937
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, 2005.
Literature
E. Dacier, Bulletin de l'art ancien et moderne, 9 December 1905.
L.T., "Les expositions. Deux sculpteurs," Psyché, April 1906, p. 104.
A. Rivière, L'Interdite, Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Paris, 1983, p. 78, no. 45.
J. Boly, "Camille Claudel, état des recherches et du rayonnement," Société Paul Claudel en Belgique, 1989, p. 49.
R.-M. Paris and A. de la Chappelle, L'oeuvre de Camille Claudel, Paris, 1990, p. 190.
G. Bouté, Camille Claudel. Le miroir et la nuit, Paris, 1995, pp. 199-201 (another cast illustrated).
"Les cris et les silences d'un sculpteur de génie," Oxygène (La Lettre d'Aulnay), January 1996 (another cast illustrated).
A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, no. 59.4.
A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2000, pp. 177-179, no. 61.4 (marble versions illustrated, pp. 177 and 178).
R.-M. Paris, Camille Claudel re-trouvée, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2004, p. 413 (another cast illustrated in color).
L.T., "Les expositions. Deux sculpteurs," Psyché, April 1906, p. 104.
A. Rivière, L'Interdite, Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Paris, 1983, p. 78, no. 45.
J. Boly, "Camille Claudel, état des recherches et du rayonnement," Société Paul Claudel en Belgique, 1989, p. 49.
R.-M. Paris and A. de la Chappelle, L'oeuvre de Camille Claudel, Paris, 1990, p. 190.
G. Bouté, Camille Claudel. Le miroir et la nuit, Paris, 1995, pp. 199-201 (another cast illustrated).
"Les cris et les silences d'un sculpteur de génie," Oxygène (La Lettre d'Aulnay), January 1996 (another cast illustrated).
A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1996, no. 59.4.
A. Rivière, B. Gaudichon and D. Ghanassia, Camille Claudel: Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2000, pp. 177-179, no. 61.4 (marble versions illustrated, pp. 177 and 178).
R.-M. Paris, Camille Claudel re-trouvée, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 2004, p. 413 (another cast illustrated in color).