Greek Slave

Hiram Powers, Greek Slave, ca. 1869, plaster on metal base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.1

Hiram Powers, Greek Slave, ca. 1869, plaster on metal base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.1

Hiram Powers, Greek Slave, ca. 1869, plaster on metal base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.1

Hiram Powers, Greek Slave, ca. 1869, plaster on metal base, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson, 1968.155.1

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: Hiram Powers
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)
Credit Line: Museum purchase in memory of Ralph Cross Johnson
Mediums: plaster
metal
Mediums Description: plaster on metal base
Classifications: Sculpture
Subjects: Figure female — nude
State of being — other — enslaved
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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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.