Edmonia Lewis
Night (Two Sleeping Children)
1869
Physical Qualities
Marble, 24 x 19 3/4 x 15 in. (61 x 50.2 x 38.1 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased in Honor of Charles W. Newhall III, Chair, Board of Trustees, 2001-2003, with contributions from his fellow Trustees and Friends; and purchased as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Newhall III, Middendorf Foundation and Stiles Tuttle Colwill
Object Number
2003.10
White marble sculpture with two cherubs (boy and girl) sleeping. One is embracing the other, both are holding flowers.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2003; Sotheby's, London, April 9, 2003; private collection, Scotland
To date none recorded
The Sun (Baltimore, MD), June 22, 2003, pg. 5F.
Nelson, Charmaine A., ed. "Towards an African Canadian Art History: Art, Memory, and Resistance." Concord, ON: Captus Press, 2018. Page 12
Inscribed: On base: Title Inscribed, "NIGHT"; signature and date inscribed, "EDMONIA LEWIS ROMA 1870"
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