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12 - Camille CLAUDEL (1864–1943). Youth and Maturity, also known …
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Estimate €1,500,000 - €2,000,000
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Camille CLAUDEL (1864–1943). Youth and Maturity, also known as Maturity Model created in 1898 Bronze with a nuanced brown patina. Sand-cast by Eugène Blot, produced circa 1907 Signed ‘C. Claudel’, bearing the foundry mark ‘EUG. BLOT PARIS’ (for Eugène Blot) and the number ‘5’ on the plinth H. 61.5 W. 85 D. 37.5 cm A few scattered areas of oxidation Provenance: a French private collection in the 1990s; passed down through the family in 2012 The Art Loss Register certificate was issued under ref. S00272488 on 9 June 2026. Comparable works: - Camille Claudel, *L’Âge mûr*, ‘young girl clinging to the man’, c. 1893, first plaster version, dim. 87 x 103.5 x 52.5 cm, donated by Paul Claudel in 1951 to the Musée Rodin, Paris, inv. no. S.01378; - Camille Claudel, *L’Âge mûr*, also known as *Les Âges de la Vie*, 1899, plaster, dim. 114 x 163 x 72 cm, commissioned by the State in 1895, exhibited at the Salon of the Société nationale des beaux-arts in 1899, destroyed or not found after 1913. Other examples: - Camille Claudel, *L’Âge mûr* (The Mature Age), also known as *Les Âges de la Vie* (The Ages of Life), bronze, single cast by Thiebault Frères and Fumière and Gavignot c. 1902, signed ‘C Claudel’, dim. 114 x 163 x 72 cm, commissioned by Captain Tissier, acquired by the Musée d’Orsay in 1982, Paris, Musée d’Orsay, inv. no. RF 3606; - Camille Claudel, *L’Âge mûr* (also known as *Les Âges de la Vie*), model created in 1899, bronze with a brown patina tinged with green, lost-wax casting by Carvillani, single cast circa 1913, signed ‘C. Claudel’, bears the foundry mark ‘CARVILLANI’, titled ‘L’Âge mûr’, dim. 131 x 195 x 78 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. no. S.01380; - Camille Claudel, L’Âge mûr, bronze, signed ‘C Claudel’, bears the foundry mark of Eugène Blot and is numbered ‘3’, dimensions 61.5 x 85 x 37.5 cm, Nogent-sur-Seine, Camille Claudel Museum, inv. no. 2010.1.16; - Camille Claudel, *L’Âge mûr*, bronze, signed ‘C Claudel’, bearing the stamp of the founder Eugène Blot and the number ‘1’, dimensions 61.5 x 85 x 37.5 cm, Philocale auction, Orléans, 16 February 2025. A deposit of 10 per cent of the low estimate will be required for each lot in this sale. Please contact the auction house
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About the sale CLAUDEL, GILLET-DUVAL and a few abstract works
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Auction time 09/20/2026 at 3:00 PM
Ref. : 25163 - 1
Lot description modified on 09/01/2026 at 1:48 PM
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