Camille Claudel sculpture sells for $3 million at French auction

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Camille Claudel sculpture sells for $3 million at French auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin was auctioned off in France Sunday for more than $3 million. Named "The Mature Age", the sculpture has been missing since 1908 and was found last September by an auctioneer during an appraisal of an apartment.

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Claudel bronze sculpture found by chance fetches €3 million at France auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin has sold for more than €3 million at auction.

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Claudel bronze sculpture goes for €3m at France auction

A bronze by French sculptor Camille Claudel thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist and lover Auguste Rodin was auctioned off in France on Sunday for more than €3 million.

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A statue by French sculptor Camille Claudel has been auctioned in Orléans for 3.1 million euros. The buyer has not been disclosed. The value was estimated at 1.5 to 2 million. The bronze statue was discovered by chance in September in an apartment in the centre of Paris that had not been lived in for 15 years. It was hidden under a sheet. An auctioneer found it when he was asked to appraise the contents of the apartment near the Eiffel Tower bec…

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Camille Claudel bronze sculpture sold for €3.1 million at auction

The bronze sculpture by French artist Camille Claudel, depicting a scene thought to evoke her separation with fellow artist Auguste Rodin, was found by chance in a flat that had been uninhabited for 15 years.

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Found by chance, this forgotten piece becomes one of the most expensive sales for the artist. The sculpture symbolizes the tearing passion between the sculptress and Auguste Rodin, according to several art historians.