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America

model 1850-1854, carved after 1854

Hiram Powers

Artist, American, 1805 - 1873

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West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G45

Artwork overview

Medium

marble
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Mr. Henry de C. May)
Dimensions

overall: 70.17 × 48.26 × 35.24 cm (27 5/8 × 19 × 13 7/8 in.)
Accession

2015.19.3718

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry de Courcy May [d. 1957]; gift 1948 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2008

The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

Inscriptions

on the back: H. POWERS Sculp.

Wikidata ID

Q63864022

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