Why Born A Slave? (Pourquoi Naitre Esclave?)
date: label: Date
content: (1868, cast by 1963)
name: label: After
content: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French, b. Valenciennes, 1827–1875
notes: label: Provenance
content: L. Aubert, Paris
label: Provenance
content: Mallett at Bourdon House, London, by October 1963-mid-1965
label: Provenance
content: Wildenstein & Co., New York, by 7 December 1965-14 January 1966
label: Provenance
content: Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 14 January 1966-17 May 1966
label: Provenance
content: Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
label: Exhibition History
content: MALLETT AT BOURDON HOUSE, London. "Sculptures in Terracotta," 22 October-9 November 1963, no. 99.
label: Exhibition History
content: MALLETTT AT BOURDON HOUSE, London. "Sculptures and Sketches by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," 24 May-12 June 1965, no. 10, frontispiece.
label: Exhibition History
content: WILDENSTEIN & Co., New York. "Carpeaux," 7 December 1965-15 January 1966, no. 9.
label: Exhibition History
content: HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, no. 37.
label: Published References
content: LA FARGE, HENRY A. "Reviews and Previews: Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux," Art News, vol. 64 (January 1966), p. 11, ill. p. 10.
label: Published References
content: LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), p. 672, ill. p. 48.
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content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 66.824
objectType: label: Type
content: Sculpture
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Plaster of paris, pigment, and paint
label: Dimensions
content: 24 1/8 x 18 1/4 x 14 1/8 in. (61.3 x 46.4 x 35.9 cm)