Plaudits were deserved in Paris on November 27 for Camille Claudel (1864-1943) when Artcurial’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) dedicated sale of 20 of the sculptor’s works were offered direct from her family.
All bar one lot sold, to realise just shy of €3.6m including premium.
The highest price, €950,000 (£863,635), was paid for a large, 2ft (62cm), signed bronze version of L’Abandon, a cast by the Eugene Blot foundry made between 1905-22 of a model from c.1886. It was secured by an international collector.