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Why Born Enslaved!

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux →

modeled 1868, carved 1873

Marble · 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)

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Why Born Enslaved!. by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. modeled 1868, carved 1873. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art

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