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California, (sculpture). Artist:  Powers, Hiram, 1805-1873, sculptor. Title:  California, (sculpture). Dates:  Modeled 1850-1855. Carved 1858. Medium:  Marble. Dimensions:  71 x 18 1/4 x 24 3/4 in. Inscription:  (On back of marble base:) EXECUTED FOR/W m B ASTOR BY / HIRAM POWERS / APRIL, 3rd 1858 signed Description:  Standing female nude holding a divining rod in left hand. Subject:  Figure female -- Nude Allegory -- Place -- California Object -- Tool -- Divining Rod Object Type:  Sculpture Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 72.3 Provenance:  Gift of Astor, William Backhouse 1872. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 18. Illustration:  "Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1972, pg. 18. Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born before 1865," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1999, pg. 19. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 76009904   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76009904 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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