Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History
Hardcover
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By Karli Wurzelbacher (Editor), Tony Kushner (Foreword by), Patricia Cronin (Editor), Ricky Flores (Editor), David J. Getsy (Editor), Melissa L. Gustin (Editor), Katrin Horn (Editor), Laura Turner Igoe (Editor)
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With the order for the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park, Emma Stebbins became the first woman to earn a public sculpture commission from the city of New York. Today, this monument is a beloved global icon, while the full scope of Stebbins’s historymaking life and work is virtually unknown. Emma Stebbins: Carving Out History recognizes her as one of the most significant American sculptors of the nineteenth century.
From 1857 to 1870, Stebbins created innovative marble and bronze sculptures ...






















