The Implorer (L'Implorante)

Founder Cast by Eugène Blot
modeled 1898, cast ca. 1905
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 800
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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Implorer (L'Implorante)
  • Artist: Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1864-1943 Montfavet)
  • Founder: Cast by Eugène Blot , Paris
  • Date: modeled 1898, cast ca. 1905
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Bronze
  • Dimensions: wt. confirmed: 11 × 14 1/2 × 8 3/8 in., 11.7 lb. (27.9 × 36.8 × 21.3 cm, 5.3 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Bronze
  • Credit Line: Gift of Iris and B. Gerald Cantor, 1990
  • Object Number: 1990.171
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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