Camille CLAUDEL (1864-1943)

Camille CLAUDEL (1864-1943)

Perseus and the Gorgon, "small model" or Petit Perseus, circa 1897-1905

Bronze proof, signed on the base in the middle. Cast by Eugène Blot

51 x 30 x 25 cm

20 x 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.



PROVENANCE

Collection of the Countess de Maigret, Paris (acquired directly from the artist)

Then by descent



EXHIBITIONS

2005, May 26-September 11, Quebec, Musée national des Beaux-Arts| October 2-February 5, 2006, Detroit, Institute of Arts, March 3-June 15, 2006, Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Camille Claudel et Rodin, la rencontre de deux destinins, n°87 2015, Roubaix, La Piscine, Camille Claudel, au miroir d'un Art Nouveau, n° 81



BIBLIOGRAPHY

Anne Rivière, Bruno Gaudichon, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, third expanded edition, Paris, Adam Biro, 2001, n°54-6

Anne Rivière, "Un mécène : la comtesse de Maigret" in Antoinette Le Normand-Romain, Camille et Rodin, la rencontre de deux destinins, Hazan, 2005, p. 250-259.

Anne Rivière, " Persée, "celui qui tue sans regarder'' in Camille Claudel au miroir d'un Art nouveau, éditions Gallimard - La Piscine - Roubaix, 2014, n°81 repr p. 193

Reine-Marie Paris, Philippe Cressent, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, 5th revised, corrected and enlarged edition, Culture Economica, Paris, 2019, n°110-5 The work will be included in the Critical Catalogue of Camille Claudel's work currently being prepared at the Galerie Malaquais by the Comité Camille Claudel, under the direction of Eve Turbat, with the number 2020-230B.



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