Camille Claudel (1864-1943), Jeune Romain ou Mon Frère or Paul Claudel à seize ans , France, 20th century (1884), Dark patinated bronze, the artist s brother shown as a young Roman man, signed C. Claudel to the lower-left of the back and stamped with the diamond-shaped Valsuani foundry mark A. Valsuani and 0/6 to the lower right of the back. Claudel would probably have made the first model in 1884. The piece in this auction is probably one of a series re-cast during the late 20th century. 50x45x27 cm, Literature: Reine-Marie Paris and Arnaud de La Chapelle, L Oeuvre de Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné (Paris 1990), another cast illustrated on p. 100 Anne Rivière, Bruno Gaudichon and Danielle Ghanassia, Camille Claudel, Catalogue raisonné (Paris 2001), no. 13-5, a plaster version illustrated on p. 67, another bronze cast illustrated on p. 68,