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CAMILLE CLAUDEL. The Implorer (L'Implorante)

The Implorer (L'Implorante). Artist: Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856-1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard). Culture: French. Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 11 × 14 1/2 × 8 3/8 in., 11.7 lb. (27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg). Founder: Cast by Eugène Blot , Paris. Date: modeled 1898, cast ca. 1905.
Camille Claudel, Rodin's most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In this unforgettable bronze, which she modeled the year their contact ended, Claudel transforms into art the unendurable tensions between sex, love, and creative passion that characterized her relationship with Rodin.

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Author: Camille Claudel (1868-1943)

Title: The Implorer (L'Implorante)

Caption: The Implorer (L'Implorante). Artist: Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856-1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard). Culture: French. Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 11 × 14 1/2 × 8 3/8 in., 11.7 lb. (27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg). Founder: Cast by Eugène Blot , Paris. Date: modeled 1898, cast ca. 1905. Camille Claudel, Rodin's most brilliant student, was consumed by her twelve-year affair with the sculptor. In this unforgettable bronze, which she modeled the year their contact ended, Claudel transforms into art the unendurable tensions between sex, love, and creative passion that characterized her relationship with Rodin.

Technique/material: BRONZE

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

Image size: 4200 × 3222 px | 38.7 MB

Print size: 35.6 × 27.3 cm | 1653.5 × 1268.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ARTFORM: BRONZEWORK • BRONCE • BRONZE BRASS • BRONZE • BRONZES • CAMILLE CLAUDEL • COPPER ALLOY • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • FIGURINES • FRANCE • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE-BRONZE • STATUES