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Model of the Greek Slave
Hiram Powers
1843
plaster and metal pins
Black and White Tipped Flower
James Surls
1982
burnt white oak
Marla
Irving Dominick
1982
cut, bent, soldered, and riveted galvanized iron
Bottlecap Figure with Mirror
Mr. Imagination (Gregory Warmack)
1991
bottlecaps and mirror on wood
The Ethiopian
Arthur Lee
1912
bronze
Gamin
Augusta Savage
ca. 1929
painted plaster
35
Year Portrait
Robert Arneson
1986
glazed ceramic
Continuite
José de Creeft
1958
marble
Life Cast of Left Forearm and Hand (fragment, study for …
Studio of Hiram Powers
ca. 1843
plaster
Louisa Powers’ Hand
Hiram Powers
1839
plaster and fabric trim
Greek Slave
Hiram Powers
modeled 1841-1843
plaster
Child’s Hand
Hiram Powers
1851
plaster and metal pins
Ginevra (first version)
Hiram Powers
modeled 1838
plaster
Ginevra (first version, unfinished)
Hiram Powers
modeled 1838
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Mold of a Child’s Hand
Studio of Hiram Powers
1840-1850
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Dodos en Suite
David Beck
2010
bronze
Saint George
Patrociño Barela
ca. 1935-1943
carved juniper
Man in the Time of Solomon
Patrociño Barela
ca. 1935-1943
carved juniper
Fish
Felipe Archuleta
1974
carved and painted tree limb and plywood, wood pulp, and adhesive
Triumph of the Egg
Jeremy Anderson
1970
assembled, painted and shellacked wood, fiberglass and sand
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