Gallery Talk: Beneath the Surface of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s Why Born Enslaved!
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Harvard Art Museums
Free
Join us for a conversation about the restoration of a painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s sculpture Why Born Enslaved!
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- Ages: Adults.
- Wheelchair accessible.
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Cost
This イベント is free!
Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Space is limited, and talks are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
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- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
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Dates and Times
火曜日, 8月 5 12:30午後 – 1午後
Additional information
Join us for a close look at a painted plaster version of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux’s 1868 sculpture Why Born Enslaved!, which is on display for the first time in the exhibition The Solomon Collection: From Dürer to Degas and Beyond (May 24–August 17, 2025). Conservator Susan Costello and exhibition curator Marina Kliger will discuss the bust’s conservation treatment and its mysterious origins.
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Last updated 7月 21, 2025.
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