Foot of "The Greek Slave", n.d.

Not on View

Medium

marble

Dimensions

overall: 19.05 × 29.85 × 12.07 cm (7 1/2 × 11 3/4 × 4 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.131

Artists / Makers

Hiram Powers (sculptor) American, 1805 - 1873

Image Use

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Provenance

Private collection; purchased 14 September 1992 through (Richard P. Wunder) by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.

[1] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Wunder, Richard P.

Exhibition History

1998: For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, fig. 7.

2013: Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in the American Academy, from Copley, Rimmer and Eakins to Contemporary, Boston University Art Gallery, 2013.

Bibliography

1991: Wunder, Richard P. Hiram Powers: Vermont Sculptor, 1805-1873. 2 vols. Newark, Delaware, 1991: 167, foot no. 3, incorrectly described as the right foot.