The Negress
Bronze sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Negress is a bronze sculpture by French artist Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux. It is now in the permanent collection at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.The Negress was purchased by the Indianapolis Museum of Art in 1980.
For the oil painting by Anna Bilińska-Bohdanowicz, see A Negress.
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Artist | Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux |
Year | 1868 (1868) |
Type | Bronze sculpture |
Dimensions | 56.83 cm (22.375 in) |
Location | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana |
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The Negress relates to Carpeaux's last monumental sculpture project, Fontaine de l'Observatoire, in Paris's Luxembourg Garden. To interpret this theme, Carpeaux elected to use four life-size female figures supporting a globe and representing different races as continents. The Indianapolis bronze is a preparatory work for Africa, presented as a bust rather than a full-length figure.
A terracotta copy of The Negress is located in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.