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If you do, you can attend this special program for museum members only.Deputy Chief Curator George Gurney discusses the work of African American sculptor Edmonia Lewis in a lecture entitled "The Elusive Sculpture of Edmonia Lewis." This members-only lecture begins at 6:30 P.M. tonight at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Lecture Hall. RSVP to the membership coordinator at (202) 357-4836.
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Pictured: Edmonia Lewis, 1843/45after 1911, The Death of Cleopatra, carved 1876, marble, 63 x 31 1/4 x 46 in., Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Historical Society of Forest Park, Illinois.