Head of Camille Claudel

Head of Camille Claudel is a polychrome glass paste sculpture by the French artist Auguste Rodin, conceived in 1884 and executed in 1911. It is now in the Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. It shows his then studio assistant Camille Claudel in a Phrygian cap.

Head of Camille Claudel

Artist	Auguste Rodin
Year	1911
Medium	polychrome glass paste
Dimensions	24.8 cm × 25.8x17 cm (9.8 in × ??)
Location	Museo Soumaya, Mexico City

Claudel, a now-renowned sculptor, studied under Rodin's friend Alfred Boucher and then with Rodin. Rodin took over Boucher's classes, took Claudel on as a studio assistant, and they soon became associates and lovers. He produced the head during the early stages of their collaboration.[1]

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(in Spanish) «La Puerta del Infierno». Revista Mensual Museo Soumaya. Junio de 2016.

Auguste Rodin
Works	Man with the Broken Nose (1863) Alsatian Orphan (1871) Suzon (1872–73) The Age of Bronze (1876) The Walking Man (1877–78) La Defense (1879) The Maiden Kissed by the Ghost (1880) The Shade (1880) The Gates of Hell (1880/1917) The Thinker (1880, locations) Adam (1880–81) Eve (1881) Crouching Woman (1880–1882) Saint John the Baptist (1880/1907) Ugolino and His Sons (1881) The Kiss (1882) I am beautiful (1882) The Falling Man (1882) Jules Dalou (1883) Bust of Maurice Haquette (1883) Bust of Victor Hugo (1883) Eternal Springtime (1884) Torso of Adele (c. 1884) The Burghers of Calais (1884–1889) Head of Camille Claudel (1884/1911) The Prodigal Son (1885) Mask of a Weeping Woman (1885) The Martyr (1885) Psyche Looking At Love (1885) Eustache de Saint Pierre (1885–86) Jean d'Aire (1885–86) Jean de Fiennes (1885–86) Avarice and Lust (1885–1887) Damned Women (1885–1890) The Old Tree (1885) Paolo and Francesca (1885) Young Mother (1885) Young Mother in the Grotto (1885) Young Woman with a Serpent (c. 1885) The Three Shades (1886) Meditation (1886) Fugitive Love (1886–87) Ovid's Metamorphoses (1886–1889) Pierre de Wiessant (1887) Head of Saint John the Baptist (1887) The Sirens (1887) Polyphemus (1888) Standing Mercury (1888) The Kneeling Man (1888) Adonis Awakens (1889) Andromeda (1889) Glaucus (1889) Kneeling Female Faun (1889) The Succubus (1889) Despair (c. 1890) Brother and Sister (1890) Danaid (1890) Cybele (1890/1904) Monument to Balzac (1892–1897) Balzac in the Robe of a Dominican Monk (1892) Youth Triumphant (c. 1894) Octave Mirdeau (1895) Iris, Messenger of the Gods (c.1895) Bacchantes Embracing (c. 1896) The Spirit of Eternal Repose (1898–99) Illusions Received by the Earth (pre-1900) The Athlete (1901–1904) The Death of Adonis (1903–1906) Adam and Eve (1905) The Cathedral (1908) The Prayer (1909) Standing Female Faun (1910)
Museums	Hôtel Biron, Paris Musée Rodin, Paris Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Plateau (closed)
People	Camille Claudel
In popular culture	Camille Claudel (1988 film) Camille Claudel 1915 (2013 film) Rodin (2017 film)
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Camille Claudel
Sculptures	Sakuntala (1888) Bust of Auguste Rodin (1888–89) The Waltz (1883–1905) The Mature Age (1894–1900) Perseus and the Gorgon (1902)
Museums	Musée Camille Claudel Musée Rodin
Portrayals	Head of Camille Claudel (1884/1911 sculpture) Camille Claudel (1988 film) Camille Claudel (2003 musical) Camille Claudel 1915 (2013 film) Rodin (2017 film)
Related	Paul Claudel (brother) Auguste Rodin (associate, lover)

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