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Artists›Hiram Powers

Hiram Powers

1805

WA-00013864

SculptureNeoclassicism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

181

Works in Collection

183

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ2572996

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Hiram Powers was an American neoclassical sculptor. He was one of the first 19th-century American artists to gain an international reputation, largely based on his famous marble sculpture The Greek Slave.

Source: Artist Index · Trust score: 35% · Updated 2mo ago

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Movement

Neoclassicism

Medium

Sculpture

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

Canonical record

Artworks (181)

Miss Booth

1873 · plaster

23 3/4 x 18 1/4 x 11 1/4 in. (60.3 x 46.3 x 28.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Proserpine

1873 · marble

23 7/8 x 21 x 12 in. (60.6 x 53.3 x 30.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Alma Hammond L'Hommedieu

1872 · plaster

23 7/8 x 18 3/8 x 10 3/8 in. (60.6 x 46.6 x 26.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

John Elder

1872 · plaster

23 1/2 x 15 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (59.7 x 40.4 x 26.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mr. Potter Palmer

1871 · Carrera marble

72.4 × 44 × 29.4 cm (28 1/2 × 17 5/16 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Mrs. Potter Palmer

1871 · Carrera marble

69.5 × 48.9 × 29.5 cm (27 3/8 × 19 1/4 × 11 5/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Alice Key Pendleton

1870 · marble

overall: 67.31 × 50.17 × 29.21 cm (26 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 11 1/2 in.)

National Gallery of Art

Henry Barrett Crosby

1869 · plaster

23 7/8 x 16 3/4 x 12 1/2 in. (60.7 x 42.7 x 31.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1869 · plaster

18 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (47.5 x 29.5 x 19.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Hope (fragment)

1869 · plaster

11 1/2 x 8 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (29.2 x 21.6 x 29.5 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1869 · plaster

18 3/4 x 11 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (47.5 x 29.6 x 19.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Greek Slave

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

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1869 · plaster

25 1/8 x 15 7/8 x 11 in. (63.8 x 40.3 x 27.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Judge Alphonso Taft

1869 · plaster

24 3/8 x 16 1/8 x 11 1/8 in. (61.8 x 40.8 x 28.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Hope

1869 · plaster

24 3/4 x 19 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (62.9 x 49.6 x 29.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Governor William Bross

1868 · plaster

25 1/2 x 16 x 12 in. (64.8 x 40.6 x 30.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Faith

1867 · plaster

24 5/8 x 19 7/8 x 12 3/8 in. (62.5 x 50.4 x 31.4 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

The Last of the Tribes

1867 · marble

66 1/8 x 22 3/4 x 32 in. (167.9 x 57.7 x 81.3 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Charity

1867 · plaster

25 3/8 x 20 3/4 x 13 3/8 in. (64.3 x 52.7 x 33.9 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Portrait of a Lady

1867 · plaster

24 3/4 x 19 5/8 x 11 1/4 in. (62.9 x 50.0 x 28.7 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Clytie

1867 · plaster

26 x 18 1/2 x 10 1/2 in. (65.9 x 47.0 x 26.8 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Clytie

1867 · plaster

25 3/4 x 18 3/8 x 10 1/4 in. (65.4 x 46.7 x 26.0 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Caleb Fiske Harris

1867 · plaster

26 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. (67.4 x 54.7 x 32.6 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Mrs. H. L. Jones

1867 · plaster

23 1/4 x 18 1/8 x 10 3/4 in. (59.2 x 45.9 x 27.2 cm)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

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Artwork sources (4)

181 published of 181 catalogued · 176 with image

Smithsonian
157 published157 img
Nga
11 published11 img
The Met
9 published4 img
Art Institute Chicago
4 published4 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

50 entries · 1 sources

America
1848 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Loulie's Hand
1839 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Caleb Fiske Harris
1867 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Judge Alphonso Taft
1869 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Child's Hand
1851 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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The Reverend Thomas Worcester
1851 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Dr. James G. Playfair
1845 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Base for America Statue
1805 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Henry Barrett Crosby
1869 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Ginevra (fragment)
1863 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Movements1

Neoclassicism

Collections4

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Smithsonian American Art Museum National Gallery of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Smithsonian American Art Museum

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National Gallery of Art

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