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Smithsonian Institution
Finding Cleopatra
26 minutes Posted Dec 11, 2019 at 5:00 am.
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Edmonia Lewis was the first American woman of color to achieve international fame as a sculptor. Her 3,000-pound masterwork, “The Death of Cleopatra,” commemorated another powerful woman who broke with convention… and then the sculpture disappeared. On this episode of Sidedoor, we find them both.