EXCITING EDMONIA LEWIS DISCOVERY

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An important discovery has been made of a Bust of Christ by the Afro-Indian sculptor Edmonia Lewis (1842-1907). It is in a collection in Scotland for which she also created a Madonna and Child With Angels.

A work by her of this name was auctioned in London in the latter part of the 19th-century, but with no illustration and little other information.

For a quick intro to Lewis, her life and career, Google “Marilyn Richardson” “Edmonia Lewis” both in quotes.

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Author: Camara Dia Holloway

I am the Project Manager for the Romare Bearden Digital Catalogue Raisonné at the Wildenstein Plattner Institute. I earned my PhD at Yale University in the History of Art Department and specialize in twentieth century American art with a particular focus on the history of photography, race and representation, and transatlantic modernist networks. I also serve as a Founding Co-Director of the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH).

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  1. I’m curious who owns the rights to this photo of the Bust of Christ by Edmonia Lewis. I want to spotlight Ms. Lewis for Black History Month on my website in February, so I’m searching for images of her artwork that are in the public domain. Can you give me any insight into the ownership of this photo of Lewis’s Bust of Christ? Thanks.

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