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"""In the catalogue, Bowyer and Desmas lament the ways in which the 'biographical miasma, ' that is, 'the sensationalist and melodramatic tales of doomed romance, victimhood, and madness' around Claudel, have 'tended to obscure--or even excise--the sculptor's art and agency.' The point is well-taken. But it's not easy to tiptoe around the Claudel 'miasma' without ignoring the truth.""--Sebastian Smee ""The Washington Post"" (11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

"""Superb.""--Christopher Knight ""Los Angeles Times"" (4/17/2024 12:00:00 AM) ""In the catalogue, Bowyer and Desmas lament the ways in which the 'biographical miasma, ' that is, 'the sensationalist and melodramatic tales of doomed romance, victimhood, and madness' around Claudel, have 'tended to obscure--or even excise--the sculptor's art and agency.' The point is well-taken. But it's not easy to tiptoe around the Claudel 'miasma' without ignoring the truth.""--Sebastian Smee ""The Washington Post"" (11/7/2023 12:00:00 AM)"

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Emerson Bowyer is Searle Curator, Painting and Sculpture of Europe, at the Art Institute of Chicago. Anne-Lise Desmas is senior curator and head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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