‘L’Abandon’ by Camille Claudel. This sculpture was the result of Claudel’s relationship with her mentor, Auguste Rodin. She had been inspired by an Indian legend in which the heroine, Shakuntala, was separated from her husband due to a dark spell. Claudel’s sculpture, conceived in terracotta in 1886 and cast in bronze in 1905, captures the ending of the story, with the couple finally reunited and tenderly embracing. It is a chaste re-encounter revealing the moment before desire fully takes over. Rodin’s similar sculpture, ‘Eternal Idol’, on the other hand, is calmer but more erotically charged, blurring the lines between love, desire and a religious-like devotion. #objet_d_emotion…#valerydemure#jewellery#fashionjewelry#finejewellery#contemporarydesign#jewelry#finejewelry#art#modernart#sculpture#luxury#objetdemotion#handmade#instagood#designerjewellery#fashionjewellery#fineart#jewellerycollector#jewelrycollector#preciousstone#diamonds#silver#abstractart#jewel#jewels#artisan#abstract#craftsmanship#gold