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The Greek Slave
Hiram Powers1869
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Life-size figure of idealized nude female standing in contrapposto pose on round base; head turned to left and slightly downward; hands bound together with chains with proper left hand over genitalia and proper right hand leaning on post draped with patterned cloth.Condition: Good.
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Details
- Title: The Greek Slave
- Creator Lifespan: American, 1805-1873
- Creator Nationality: American
- Date Created: 1869
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: Gift of Charles F. Bound
- External Link: http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1130/The_Greek_Slave
- Medium: Marble
- Signed: Incised along edge of base behind post: "H POWERS /[in script] Sculp"
- Dimensions: Statue: 65 1/2 x 19 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. (166.4 x 48.9 x 47.6 cm)Height of pedestal: 30 1/4 in. (76.8 cm)
- Collection: American Art
- Artist: Hiram S. Powers
- Accession number: 55.14
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