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Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History

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Checked Oct 11

When
Wed, Apr 7 · 11:00 AM
Ends 7:00 PM
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The Richard H. Driehaus Museum
50 E Erie St, Chicago, IL 60611

River North · Chicago, IL

Examines the full scope of Emma Stebbins's career as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century. Marble and bronze sculptures created from 1857 to 1870 while living in Rome with her wife, Shakespearean actress Charlotte Cushman, with literary and biblical subjects and allegories of American industry. Includes Bethesda Fountain from 1863, the first public sculpture commission from the City of New York earned by a woman. Exhibition organized by The Heckscher Museum of Art, curated by Karli Wurzelbacher.

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