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Identification and Creation

Object Number
2021.224
People
Jean Baptiste Carpeaux, French (Valenciennes, France 1827 - 1875 Courbevoie France)
Title
Why Born Enslaved!
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1870; or between 1872 and 1913
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/370379

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Painted plaster
Dimensions
61 × 45.7 × 33 cm (24 × 18 × 13 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: right side of plinth: Carpeaux
  • stamp: right side of plinth: Atelier et depot / 74 rue Boileau / Auteuil / Paris

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[The Connaught Gallery, London], sold; to Arthur K. Solomon, Cambridge, 1972; the Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection, bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 2021

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Arthur K. and Mariot F. Solomon Collection
Accession Year
2021
Object Number
2021.224
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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