African Girl - Item #300
$220.00
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Based on the African figure from the fountain for the Luxembourg Gardens known as “The Four Parts of the World Holding the Celestial Sphere” (1867). In 1868 Carpeaux created the bust and exhibited it with the inscription “Why be born a slave?” The marble bust exhibited at the Salon in 1869 and was purchased by the Emperor and placed in the Chateau de Saint-Cloud. Carpeaux recreated the piece many times using different materials.
Artist: Jean Baptiste Carpeaux
Museum: Unknown,
Time Period: Modern
1911 Catalog ID # - 13540Patina Choices
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