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Offering Education

2003

Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This large bronze sculpture is in the abstract form of a woman holding an open book. The figure stands with feet apart, her right foot slightly in front of her left. Her arms are positioned out in front of her, each hand supporting one side of an open book. Ripples across the front of her knee-length skirt indicate movement. Her hair is gathered into a bun at the top her head and she stands erect, looking forward.

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Catalog reference: 2016.88.1

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