Editing Camille Claudel (section)

=== Surviving works ===

[[File:Camille Claudel.- Persée et la Gorgonne..jpg|thumb|upright|Claudel's ''[[Perseus and the Gorgon]]'' (1905)]]

Though she destroyed much of her work, about 90 statues, sketches and drawings survive. She was at first censored as she portrayed sexuality in her work. Her response was a symbolic, intellectual style as opposed to the "expressive" approach normally attributed to women artists.<ref>{{cite book |author=Claudine Mitchell |title=Art History: Intellectuality and Sexuality: Camille Claudel, The Fin de Siecle Sculptress |volume=12#4 |date=1989 |page= 419–447}}</ref> In 1951, Paul Claudel organised an exhibition at the [[Musée Rodin]], which continues to display her sculptures. A large exhibition of her works was organised in 1984. In 2005 a large art display featuring the works of Rodin and Claudel was exhibited in [[Quebec City]] (Canada), and [[Detroit|Detroit, Michigan]], in the US. In 2008, the [[Musée Rodin]] organised a retrospective exhibition including more than 80 of her works.{{cn|date=January 2022}}

In 2005, Sotheby's sold a second edition ''La Valse'' (1905, Blot, number 21) for $932,500.<ref>{{cite web |title=Camille Claudel – La Valse |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/impressionist-modern-art-day-sale-n08588/lot.211.html?locale=en |website=www.sothebys.com |access-date=8 December 2019 }}</ref> In a 2009 Paris auction, Claudel's ''Le Dieu Envolé'' (1894/1998, foundry Valsuani, signed and numbered 6/8) had a high estimate of $180,000,<ref>{{cite web |title=Camille Claudel – Le Dieu Envolé |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2009/impressionist-modern-art-pf9020/lot.27.html |website=www.sothebys.com |access-date=8 December 2019 }}</ref> while a comparable Rodin sculpture, ''L'éternelle Idole'' (1889/1930, Rudier, signed) had a high estimate of $75,000.<ref>{{cite web |title= Auguste Rodin – L'éternelle Idole |url=https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2015/impressionist-modern-art-day-sale-n09341/lot.199.html?locale=en |website=www.sothebys.com |access-date=8 December 2019 }}</ref>

In 2023, The Art Institute of Chicago and the J. Paul Getty Museum co-organized a major retrospective of her work, featuring 60 sculptures from more than 30 institutional and private lenders. The show gathered many of her key compositions in terracotta, plaster, bronze, and stone.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/9714/camille-claudel|title=Camille Claudel|website=The Art Institute of Chicago|date=7 October 2023 }}</ref>