Why Born Enslaved!
Object type: Bust
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Artist bio: French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
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
Credit line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace, Wrightsman Fellows, and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation Gifts, 2019
Accession year: 1997
Tags: Women|Female Nudes|Slaves