Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) - Lot 11

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Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) - Lot 11
Jean-Baptiste CARPEAUX (1827-1875) "Why be born a slave". H 63 cm. Plaster bust with black patina and two Creole metal pendants. Posthumous print bearing the artist's signature and date of 1884. Note: This sculpture is one of the first works in the French landscape explicitly committed to the abolition of slavery. After the artist's death his successors made this type of plaster from the originals. The original marble bust can be found at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotech in Copenhagen.
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