Details
Edmonia Lewis (1845-after 1911)
Minnehaha
inscribed and dated 'Edmonia Lewis Fecit a Rome 1868' and 'Minnehaha'
white marble
12¼ in. (31.1 cm.) high
Literature
K.P. Buick, "The Ideal Works of Edmonia Lewis: Invoking and Inverting Autobiography," American Art, Summer 1995, pp. 5-19, illustrated
J.M. Holland, "Mary Edmonia Lewis's Minnehaha: Gender, Race and the 'Indian Maid'," Bulletin of the Detroit Insitute of Arts, 1995, pp. 26-35, illustration of another example
W.H. Gerdts, American Neo-Classic Sculpture: The Marble Resurrection, New York, 1973, p. 133, illustration of another example

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