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“This book uncovers hidden figure Edmonia Lewis through her art and legacy.”
Edmonia Lewis Said in Stone by Jeffrey Richmond-Moll and Shawnya L. Harris
Publisher Description: Edmonia Lewis (ca. 1844–1907) broke international, racial, and gender barriers as a talented young artist who traveled to Rome in 1866 to join the leading American sculptors of her generation. She created acclaimed figurative works in marble and achieved great success, but her status as a woman of African American and Indigenous (Mississauga) heritage complicated the critical reception of her oeuvre during her lifetime. Following her death, Lewis’s contribution to American sculpture was largely overlooked. Accompanying the first monographic retrospective of Lewis, this lavishly illustrated volume presents images of all of Lewis’s known works and shares new discoveries that illuminate her artistic advancements and defiant social commentaries.
How to present this to library customers: Feature this landmark retrospective of sculptor Edmonia Lewis to celebrate her groundbreaking work and reintroduce a forgotten figure to a new generation. Create a display that pairs this book with other works in your collection by women artists and sculptors, highlighting their diverse contributions to art history.
Audience Key:
NOVICE:
A patron who does not know about the arts but is looking for new interests. These items are for public collections that call for you to introduce the arts to patrons and ignite their interests. They often know much more about popular culture than what’s happening in the arts.
EXPLORER:
These items are for customers who have some knowledge of the arts and want to learn more. Oftentimes these patrons stream music from your music streaming service, take out music and art biographies and they may attend music and art programming at your library.
AFICIONADO:
Ordering for aficionados requires knowledge about their habits when consuming the arts. These patrons are aware of the arts through museums, classical music, jazz and more. Oftentimes, these patrons attend music and art programming at your library, are professionals in the arts world with thorough knowledge of visual and/or performing arts.