The Implorer (L'Implorante)

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.

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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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