Greek Slave

Copied Hiram Powers, Greek Slave, ca. 1869, plaster on metal base, 66 x 22 in. x 18 1⁄4 in. (167.5 x 55.9 x 46.3 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.1
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Artwork Details

Title
Greek Slave
Artist
Date
ca. 1869
Location
Not on view
Dimensions
66 x 22 in. x 18 1⁄4 in. (167.5 x 55.9 x 46.3 cm)
Markings
on back edge of base, just below the stump, incised into the plaster: mar (the rest is covered by plaster) on her proper left hip, 4 in. from her proper left wrist, written in pencil: 3
Credit Line
Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums
Mediums Description
plaster on metal base
Classifications
Keywords
  • Figure
  • Figure female — nude
  • Figure female — full length
  • Study — sculpture model
  • History — ancient — Greece
Object Number
1968.155.1
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1968.155.1

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Exhibitions

Media - 1968.155.1 - SAAM-1968.155.1_3 - 80074
Measured Perfection: Hiram Powers’ Greek Slave
July 2, 2015–July 8, 2017
Smithsonian American Art Museum
This one-gallery exhibition reveals the inner workings of the studio of Hiram Powers (1805–1873), who was among the most innovative sculptors of the nineteenth century, eagerly adapting long-standing sculpture traditions to new technologies of his age.