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Edmonia LewisWW-1875-057997
Catalogue
- Year
- 1875
- Medium
- carved marble
- Dimensions
- 52 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (133.6 x 38.8 x 43.4 cm.)
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Artist
- Edmonia Lewis
Artist
Edmonia Lewis
Sculpture
Edmonia Lewis was a sculptor working in marble and clay during the mid-nineteenth century. Born in 1844 in the United States, she is among the earliest documented female sculptors of African American and Native American descent working in the neoclassical idiom.
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- Edmonia Lewis
- Year
- 1875
- Medium
- carved marble
- Dimensions
- 52 5/8 x 15 1/4 x 17 1/8 in. (133.6 x 38.8 x 43.4 cm.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1875-057997
Source
- Collection
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Source
- smithsonian
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified