Curator Jim Draper on a sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
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Throughout 2013, The Met invited curators from across the Museum to each talk about one artwork that changed the way they see the world. Each episode is interpreted by a Museum photographer.
This small clay figure expresses an artist's emotional family story
"What may initially look like a few blobs, upon contemplation, turns into a family story."
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Photography by Peter Zeray
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Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
June 1872