Minnehaha

Edmonia Lewis · 1868

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Chalk
30% of the image
White & cream · text contrast 15.0:1

Graphite
26% of the image
Black · text contrast 12.1:1

Smoke
21% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Silver
13% of the image
Grey · text contrast 8.9:1

Ash
8% of the image
Grey · text contrast 5.8:1

Warm grey
2% of the image
Grey · text contrast 4.9:1

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Artist: Edmonia Lewis
American, 1844–1907
Date: 1868
Type: Decorative arts & sculpture
Medium: Marble
Size: 11 5/8 × 7 1/4 × 4 7/8 in. (29.5 × 18.4 × 12.4 cm)
Place: Italy
Period: 19th century
Main colour: Grey · lightness 58, colourfulness 2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Morris K. Jesup and Friends of the American Wing Funds, 2015. Museum record. Public domain: the museum's isPublicDomain field read true when we last checked (2026-10-25); image released under CC0. Licence rules

Minnehaha

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