Indian Combat
Medium
marble
Dimensions
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Classification
Sculpture
Department
American Painting and Sculpture
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
American Painting and Sculpture Sundry Purchase Fund and Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
2011.110
Tags
About this artwork
A spiraling composition with three intertwined figures, Indian Combat ranks as Edmonia Lewis’s most dynamic and complex creation. Although her Native American subjects typically exist in multiple versions, this example appears to be unique. Of Indigenous (Ojibwe) and African American ancestry, Edmonia Lewis studied at Oberlin College and apprenticed with a sculptor in Boston before moving to Rome in 1866. Her sculptures were readily purchased by patrons on both sides of the Atlantic.