Laure de Margerie's new book, French Sculpture: An American Passion, is based on her French Sculpture Census, which has documented more than 14,000 sculptures in the United States made by more than 1,000 French sculptors.

Her book examines the American taste for French sculpture and tells the story of its actors (collectors, dealers, decorators, curators). De Margerie also looks at the role and meaning of French sculpture in America's ever-changing society.

Free. Accessible seats available; for information, call 413 458 0524. A 5 pm reception in the Manton Research Center reading room precedes the event. Copies of French Sculpture: An American Passion are available for purchase at the talk and in the Museum Store.

Image: Sarah Bernhardt, Self-portrait as a Chimera (detail), inkwell, c. 1879, bronze, dark-brown patina. The Clark, 2020.4a-d