Camille Claudel, La Valse

Camille Claudel
1864 - 1943
La Valse

Inscribed C. Claudel and numbered No. 7/8
18 carat gold
Height: 6 5/8 in. (17 cm)
Executed in plaster circa 1893 and cast in gold in a reduced size in 1990 in a numbered edition of 8 plus 2 examples by Monnaie de Paris.

Condition Report:
Light surface dust and accretions in deeper crevices. Some light verdigris in the crevices on the underside. Some light rubbing to the extremities and on the limbs of the figures where the sculpture has been most often handled. The work is in good condition.

Provenance:
Private Collection, Japan (and sold: Sotheby's, London, February 8, 2006, lot 481)
Private Collection, Japan (acquired at the above sale)
Thence by descent to the present owner