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  • A Camille Claudel Sculpture, Lost for a Century, Sells in Paris for $3.8 M.

    02/18/2025 5:01:45 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 7 replies
    ARTnews ^ | February 18, 2025 | Tessa Solomon
    A rare bronze sculpture by Camille Claudel, lost for over a century before its discovery in an abandoned Paris apartment, sold at auction in France for €3.7 million ($3.8 million)—more than double its pre-sale estimate. Titled La Jeunesse et L’Age Mûr, or L’Age Mûr (The Age of Maturity), the expressive group of bronze sculptures depicts a man and two women, one aged and guiding him ahead, and the other young and kneeling, as if begging him to return. Claudel created several versions of the scene, which has been interpreted as an allegory for life’s inevitable losses, as well as a...
  • An apartment in Paris, abandoned since 1939

    02/09/2016 12:22:25 PM PST · by beaversmom · 52 replies
    IMGUR ^ | February 9, 2016 | jponic
    An Apartment in Paris, Abandoned Since 1939 by jponic See original Daily Mail article here (May 2013) to read story