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Why Born Enslaved! by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublic domain

Why Born Enslaved!

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux · modeled 1868, carved 1873

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Artist

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux

Date

modeled 1868, carved 1873

Medium

Marble

Dimensions

22 7/8 × 16 × 12 1/2 in., 132.7 lb. (58.1 × 40.6 × 31.8 cm, 60.2 kg) Pedestal: 22 × 18 in., 1298 lb. (55.9 × 45.7 cm, 588.8 kg)

Classification

Sculpture

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Wrightsman Fellows, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Gifts, 2019

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