The Implorer (L'Implorante)

Camille Claudel French
 Cast by Eugène Blot

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.

The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris

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The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris
The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris
The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris
The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris
The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris
The Implorer (L'Implorante), Camille Claudel (French, Fère-en-Tardenois, Aisne 1856–1943 Villeneuve-lès-Avignon, Gard), Bronze, French, Paris

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