The beautiful, talented, witty, and fiercely independent Camille Claudel first met the great Auguste Rodin when she was only 17 and he was 41. She became his fellow sculptor, his muse, his model, and his lover. As he gained fame she struggled against the social and artistic limitations placed upon women artists in the nineteenth century.

For the first time in the United States the special exhibition, Camille Claudel & Rodin: Fateful Encounter (at the DIA [Detroit Institute of Arts] October 9, 2005 -February 5, 2006) brings together the works they shared and the works they created apart before Claudel's life crumbled under the weight of a shattered relationship, mental illness, and the prejudices of her world.

Bring a piece of this special exhibition home today through this extraordinary book.