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Unfinished bust of "The Greek Slave"

n.d.

Hiram Powers

Sculptor, American, 1805 - 1873

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Artwork overview

Medium

marble
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)
Dimensions

overall: 54.93 × 46.99 × 25.08 cm (21 5/8 × 18 1/2 × 9 7/8 in.)
Accession

2014.136.240

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Purchased 1921 in Europe by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1966

Past and Present: 250 Years of American Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 15 April - 15 September 1966, unpublished checklist.

1974

Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 10 March - 26 May 1974, unpublished checklist.

Wikidata ID

Q63864030

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