Camille Claudel’s L’Âge Mûr: A Remarkable Rediscovery
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A major work by Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr et la Jeunesse (The Age of Maturity and Youth), had a long and checkered history. The recently rediscovered, No. 1 in Blot's cast edition sheds light on the various stages. Camille Claudel (1864-1943), L'Âge mûr aka L'Âge mûr et la Jeunesse, 1898, bronze with richly shaded brown patina, sand cast by Eugène Blot in 1907, the number “1” at the feet of the imploring woman, 61.5 x 85 x 37.5 cm/24 x 35.5 x 14.6 in.Estimate: €1.5/2 M Critics of the time unanimously acclaimed Camille Claudel's L'Âge mûr as her masterpiece. In 1907, the art critic Charles Morice wrote in
