creation myths

in the absence of evidence, art historians have assumed that she imitated him, and that her achievement consisted in executing his ideas.  the absence in claudel's case has been extreme.  for a very long time most of claudel's surviving works remained in private, uncatalogued collections.  the few traces of her production were scattered, if not lost, whereas rodin hoarded every conceivable bit of information pertinent to himself and passed it directly on to a permanently staffed institution.

anne higonnet, in the essay camille claudel and auguste rodin

significant others: creativity and intimate partnership

[emphasis, mine]