African Venus

1852

20.3 cm 39.5 cm

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This bronze is believed to be modeled on the combined appearances of several women; Cordier later recorded that he composed his busts in this way. First exhibited with the title “Black Woman from the Colonies,” the sculpture was renamed “African Venus” in 1857 by the French cr...

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15324
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Shepherd Gallery, New York; Walters Art Museum, 1991, by purchase.
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8
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