Camille CLAUDEL (1864-1943). Youth and Mature Age, later called Mature Age, model created in 1899 Bronze with shaded brown patina, sand cast, 1907 Signed "C. Claudel" on the terrace, foundry stamp EUG. BLOT PARIS (for Eugène Blot), n°1 on the terrace H. 61.5 W. 85 cm D. 37.5 cm Exhibition : - exhibited from 24 October to 10 November 1907 at the Eugène Blot gallery, 11 rue Richepanse, Paris. - exhibited in the last half of 1908 with works by Devore, Eliot, Lebeau and Osterlind. Related works: - Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr, "jeune fille rattachée à l'homme", circa 1893, first version in plaster, dim. 87 x 103.5 x 52.5 cm, gift of Paul Claudel in 1951, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.01378 ; - Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr, also known as Les âges de la Vie, 1899, plaster, size 114 x 163 x 72 cm, work presented at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-Arts in 1899, unlocated; - Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr, also known as Les âges de la Vie, model created in 1899, bronze, cast by Thiebault Frères and Fumière et Gavignot around 1902, signed "C Claudel", size 114 x 163 x 72 cm, commissioned by Captain Tissier, Paris, Musée d'Orsay, inv. RF 3606 ; - Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr, also known as Les âges de la Vie, model created in 1899, bronze with brown patina shaded with green, lost-wax casting by Carvelhani, 1913, signed C. Claudel, bears the founder's stamp CARVELHANI , titled L'Âge mûr, dim 131 x 195 x 78 cm, Paris, Musée Rodin, inv. S.01380. Another example of the same edition in bronze currently located: - Camille Claudel, L'Âge mûr, bronze, 61.5 x 85 x 37.5 cm, signed 'C Claudel', bears the founder's stamp Eugène Blot and bears no. 3, Musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine, inv. no. 2010.1.16 Related literature : - Mathias MORHARDT, "Mlle Camille Claudel", in Mercure de France, March 1898, pp. 709-755 - Preface by Louis VAUXCELLES, Galerie Eugène Blot, 11 rue Richepanse, Exposition de sculptures nouvelles par Camille Claudel et de peintures par Manguin, Marquet, Puy, du 24 octobre au 10 novembre 1907, imprimerie R.Veneziani, Paris ; - Paul CLAUDEL, "Camille Claudel, statuaire", in L'Art décoratif , July 1913. - Eugène BLOT, Histoire d'une collection de tableaux modernes: cinquante ans de peinture (de 1882 à 1932), Éditions d'art, Paris, 1934. - Anne PINGEOT, "Le chef-d'œuvre de Camille Claudel "L'âge mûr '' " au musée d'Orsay", in Revue du Louvre, n° 4, 1982, p. 287-295 ; - Anne PINGEOT, André TISSIER, Liliane COLAS, "L'âge mûr" de Camille Claudel, Réunion des musées nationaux 1988, Paris, published on the occasion of the exhibition presented at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris from 27 September 1988 to 8 January 1989 and at the Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon, from 1 February to 30 April 1989; - Élisabeth LEBON, Dictionnaire des fondeurs de bronze d'art, France 1890-1950, Marjon éditions, 2003, pp. 121-123; - Catherine CHEVILLOT, " Prenez la main que je vous tend " Eugène Blot, du milieu des fabricants de bronze à celui des galeries ", in Claudel et Rodin. La rencontre de deux destinins, Cat. exp, ss dir. Yves Lacasse et Antoinette Lenormand-Romain, Québec, musée national des beaux-arts, 26 May-11 September 2005, Detroit, Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 October 2005- 5 February 2006, Martigny, fondation Pierre Gianadda, 3 March-11 June 2006, pp.261-27 ; -Silke SCHAUDER, "Exposée sur les crêtes du cœur... Notes sur L'âge mûr de Camille Claudel (1864-1943)", in Revue française de psychiatrie et de psychologie médicale, 91, pp.41-46. -Silke SCHAUDER, "Du temps de l'œuvre à l'œuvre du temps. Quelques notes sur Camille Claudel (1864-1943)", in revue Adolescence, vol. 26, no 2, 2008, p. 389-421; - Ingrid GODDEERIS, " D'une découverte à l'autre : la précieuse collection d'autographes de Léon Gauchez et les 36 lettres inédites de Camille Claudel ", in Monte Artium, Journal of the Royal Library of Belgium, 2012, 5, p.69-94 ; - Reine Marie PARIS and Philippe CRESSENT, Camille Claudel, intégrale des œuvres, Culture Economica, Paris, 2014 edition, notices 207 p.431, and 259, 260 and 261 and 262 pp. 525-535 ; - Anne RIVIÈRE and Bruno GAUDICHON, Camille Claudel : correspondance, 3rd edition, Éd. Gallimard, 2014, pp.118-125 ; - Françoise MAGNY, Guide des collections musée Camille Claudel, Nogent-sur-Seine, Lienart, 2017; - Reine-Marie PARIS, Philippe, CRESSENT, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné, 5th revised, corrected and expanded edition, Paris, Culture Économica, 2019. Export certificate issued on 03/02/2025 under no. 251854. Right to bid subject to a €50,000 deposit and prior registration with the auction house.