Why Born Enslaved!
Object type: Bust
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Auteuil
Artist: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Artist bio: French, Valenciennes 1827–1875 Courbevoie
Artist role: Artist
Artist nationality: French
Date: modeled 1868, cast 1872
Medium: Terracotta
Dimensions: confirmed: 21 1/8 × 17 1/2 × 13 3/4 in. (53.7 × 44.5 × 34.9 cm)
Classification: Sculpture
Credit line: Gift of James S. Deely, in memory of Patricia Johnson Deely, 1997
Accession year: 1997
Tags: Female Nudes