Minnehaha, 1868, Made in Rome, Italy, Marble, 11 5/8 × 7 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (29.5 × 18.4 × 12.4 cm), Sculpture, Edmonia Lewis (American, 1844–1907), Like many American sculptors of the nineteenth century, Lewis, an artist of African-American and Chippewa (Ojibwa) ancestry, worked in Rome. Her multiracial identity and her gender were formative in her selection of subjects
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Minnehaha, 1868, Rome, Italy, Marble, 11 5/8, 7 1/4, 4 7/8, 29.5, 18.4, 12.4 cm, Sculpture, Edmonia Lewis, American, 1844–1907, American sculptors, nineteenth century, Lewis, artist, African-American, Chippewa, Ojibwa, ancestry, worked, multiracial identity, gender, formative, selection, subjects
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