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WORKSHOP OF JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX. La Négresse

La Négresse. Artist: Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827-1875 Courbevoie). Culture: French, Auteuil. Dimensions: Height: 24 in. (61 cm). Date: 1872. The bust follows Carpeaux's model of a young African woman, one of the figures representing the four parts of the world that support the globe of the Fountain of the Observatory in Paris, commissioned in 1867 and inaugurated in 1874. For the commerical edition of the bust, Carpeaux added the poignant legend: Pourquoi! naître esclave! (Why born a slave?).
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Author:
WORKSHOP OF JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX (1827-1875)
Title:
La Négresse
Caption:
La Négresse. Artist: Workshop of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (French, Valenciennes 1827-1875 Courbevoie). Culture: French, Auteuil. Dimensions: Height: 24 in. (61 cm). Date: 1872. The bust follows Carpeaux's model of a young African woman, one of the figures representing the four parts of the world that support the globe of the Fountain of the Observatory in Paris, commissioned in 1867 and inaugurated in 1874. For the commerical edition of the bust, Carpeaux added the poignant legend: Pourquoi! naître esclave! (Why born a slave?).
Technique/material:
cast terracotta
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3276 x 4094 px | 38.4 MB
Print size:
27.7 x 34.7 cm | 10.9 x 13.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
AUTEUIL • BUSTS • CAST TERRACOTTA • CLAY • EUROPE • EUROPEAN SCULPTURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS • FIGURES • FRANCE • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • SCULPTURE • TERRACOTTA • WORKSHOP OF JEAN-BAPTISTE CARPEAUX