Minnehaha

1868

Mary Edmonia Lewis American, c. 1844/5 - 1907

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African American, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Minnehaha

Artwork Date 1868

Artist Mary Edmonia Lewis

Life Dates c. 1844/5 - 1907

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Marble

Dimensions Overall (by sight): 11 × 6 × 3 1/2 inches (27.9 × 15.2 × 8.9 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department African American Art

Credit Gift of the Centennial Planning Committee for Sharing Traditions and Romare Bearden Exhibitions with a major contribution from Founders Junior Council

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 1986.33

Markings

Signed Signed, lower back of bust: Edmonia Lewis

Inscriptions Dated on back of base: 1868 Inscribed on lower back of bust, under signature: Fecit A Roma Titled on front of base: Minnehaha

Provenance

1986, purchased for the DIA by the Founders Junior Council and the Centennial Planning Committee for Sharing

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Published References

Holland, Juanita Maria. "Mary Edmonia Lewis's Minnehaha: Gender, Race, and the Indian Maid." Bulletin of the DIA 69, no. 1/2 (1995): pp. 26-35.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Mary Edmonia Lewis, Minnehaha, 1868, marble. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Centennial Planning Committee for Sharing Traditions and Romare Bearden Exhibitions with a major contribution from Founders Junior Council, 1986.33.