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Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, center, arrives at his abstract monument made in honor of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, June 30, 2021. The prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from presidents has died at age 88. Richard Hunt “passed away peacefully” Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at his home in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt, center, arrives at his abstract monument made in honor of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood, June 30, 2021. The prolific Chicago artist who was the first Black sculptor to receive a solo retrospective at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and whose public works drew praise from presidents has died at age 88. Richard Hunt “passed away peacefully” Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at his home in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune via AP)

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