Edmonia Lewis: said in stone

Abstract

""Edmonia Lewis: said in stone / Jeffrey Richmond-Moll and Shawnya L. Harris; with contributions by Amy Jones Abbe [and 12 others]. Description: Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, [2026] | Published in conjunction with the exhibition held February 14-June 7, 2026, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts; January 23-May 16, 2027, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia; August 8, 2026-January 3, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: ""Edmonia Lewis: Said in Stone" accompanies the exhibition of the same name, organized by the Peabody Essex Museum and Georgia Museum of Art. The catalogue presents sculptures that Lewis produced from the 1860s to the 1890s. Lewis's range of subjects include abolitionist and political leaders; Indigenous themes; and classical, religious, and mythological figures. Essays place her sculptures in conversation with visual commentaries on enslavement and emancipation and consider the popularity of mythology and sentimentality within abolitionist visual culture and feminist neoclassicism. The authors also examine the fraught traditions around Indigenous visual representation, both by Lewis and her contemporaries, while also including reflections on her legacy within modern and contemporary Black and Indigenous art. By considering Lewis's sculptures in relationship with the artists and audiences of her era and ours, this book sheds new light on her networks, cultural impact, and enduring legacy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents

From myth to life : sculpture, souvenir art, and Anishinaabe relationality / Joseph Mizhakiiyaasige Zordan -- Beyond sculpture : Black women's networks in Boston / Caitlin Meehye Beach -- Making Hiawatha's marriage and The old arrow maker : a technical study / Amy Jones Abbe and Jeffrey Richmond-Moll.