The Death of Cleopatra

The Death of Cleopatra

Edmonia LewisWW-1876-067959
1876·marble·63 x 31 1/4 x 46 in. (160.0 x 79.4 x 116.8 cm.)

Catalogue

Year
1876
Medium
marble
Dimensions
63 x 31 1/4 x 46 in. (160.0 x 79.4 x 116.8 cm.)

Artist

Edmonia Lewis
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.

Ohio or New York

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Record

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Year
1876
Medium
marble
Dimensions
63 x 31 1/4 x 46 in. (160.0 x 79.4 x 116.8 cm.)
Watts ID
WW-1876-067959

Source

Source
smithsonian
Status
verified

Artist

Edmonia Lewis

Edmonia Lewis

Sculpture

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