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                    "id": 312517,
                    "title": "The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition",
                    "description": "<i>The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).",
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                    "title": "Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today",
                    "description": "<i>Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).",
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                    "title": "35th Anniversary Exhibition",
                    "description": "<i>35th Anniversary Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).",
                    "opening_date": "1951-06-20T04:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 302281,
                    "title": "Landscape",
                    "description": "<i>Landscape</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 9-April 22, 1962).",
                    "opening_date": "1962-01-09T05:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 445186,
                    "title": "Paintings by J. Alden Weir",
                    "description": "<i>Paintings by J. Alden Weir</i>. The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC (organizer) (May 6-June 8, 1972); Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (June 20-July 9, 1972); Brigham Young University Museum of Art, Provo, UT (September 1-October 5, 1972).",
                    "opening_date": "1972-05-06T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 443068,
                    "title": "Connecticut and American Impressionsim: The Artists and the Landscape",
                    "description": "<i>Connecticut and American Impressionsim: The Artists and the Landscape</i>. University of Connecticut, William Benton Museum of Art, Storrs, CT (organizer) (March 16-May 30, 1980).",
                    "opening_date": "1980-03-16T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 441683,
                    "title": "American Impressionist Paintings",
                    "description": "<i>American Impressionist Paintings</i>. Gallery Thyssen-Bornemisza, Lugano-Catagnola, Switzerland (organizer) (July 22-October 28, 1990).",
                    "opening_date": "1990-07-22T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 227212,
                    "title": "L'Impressionisme Am\u00e9ricain 1880-1915",
                    "description": "<i>L'Impressionisme Am\u00e9ricain 1880-1915</i>. Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne 8, Switzerland (organizer) (June 6-October 20, 2002).",
                    "opening_date": "2002-06-06T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 223874,
                    "title": "The Golden Age of American Impressionism",
                    "description": "<i>The Golden Age of American Impressionism</i>. Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, Long Island, NY (organizer) (November 22, 2003-February 1, 2004).",
                    "opening_date": "2003-11-22T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists (8 December 1908-18 January 1909), cat. no. 239 as Building a Dam on the Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1908-12-08T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Pittsburgh, The Carnegie Institute, Thirteenth Annual Exhibition, (29 April-30 June 1909), cat. no. 282, illus as Building a Dam on the Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1909-04-29T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, Montross Gallery, The Ten American Painters (24 March-16 April 1910), cat. no. 29 as Building the Dam-Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1910-03-24T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Boston, St. Botolph Club (1911); opened 11 January 1911; see 1990 exhibition catalogue from Lugano-Castagnola, Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, p. 74.",
                    "opening_date": "1911-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Buffalo, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, A Collection of Paintings by J. Alden Weir, N.A. (6 September-15 October 1911), cat. no. 15 as Building a Dam on the Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1911-09-06T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portland (ME?), Portland Art Asssociation, Loan Exhibition of Paintings (22 September-22 November 1912), cat. no. 17 as The Dam.",
                    "opening_date": "1912-09-22T00:00:00"
                },
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                    "description": "Denver, Denver Public Library (January-February 1916); see Unpublished References: Correspondence between Doreen B. Burke and William S. Talbot (1981) for reference from Weir's journal.",
                    "opening_date": "1916-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Lynchburg, VA, (March, 1916) see Unpublished References: Correspondence between Doreen B. Burke and William S. Talbot (1981) for reference from Weir's journal.",
                    "opening_date": "1916-03-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Chicago, Union League Club (April, 1916), see Unpublished References: Correspondence between Doreen B. Burke and William S. Talbot (1981) for reference from Weir's journal.",
                    "opening_date": "1916-04-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, Montross Gallery (April-May, 1917), see Unpublished References: Correspondence between Doreen B. Burke and William S. Talbot (1981) for reference from Weir's journal.",
                    "opening_date": "1917-04-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Julian Alden Weir (17 March-20 April 1924), illus. cat. no. 39 as The Building of the Dam.",
                    "opening_date": "1924-03-17T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Thomas Eakins, Albert P. Ryder, and J. Alden Weir,  (15 December 1927 - 23 January 1928)",
                    "opening_date": "1927-12-15T00:00:00"
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                {
                    "description": "Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition (26 June-4 October 1936), cat. no. 375 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1936-06-26T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today at The Cleveland Museum of Art (23 June-4 October 1937), cat. no. 204 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1937-06-23T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, A Century of American Landscape Painting, 1800 to 1900 (19 January-25 February 1938), cat. no. 65 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1938-01-19T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Pittsburgh, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, A Century of American Landscape Painting, 1800-1900 (22 March-30 April 1939), cat. no. 41 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1939-03-22T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, J. Alden Weir 1852-1919: Centennial Exhibition (1 February-30 March 1952), cat. no. 8 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1952-02-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Washington, D.C., The Phillips Collection, Paintings by Julian Alden Weir (6 May-8 June 1972); traveled to Columbus, The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (20 June-9 July 1972); Provo, Utah, The Brigham Young University Art Gallery (1 September-5 October 1972), illus. cat. no. 14 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1972-05-06T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Storrs, CT, The William Benton Museum of Art, Connecticut and American Impressionism (17 March-30 May 1980), did not travel with show; illus. cat. no. 76, p. 19 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1980-03-17T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, J. Alden Weir: An American Impressionist (14 October 1983-8 January 1984); traveled to Los Angeles, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (9 February-6 May 1984); Denver, The Denver Art Museum (13 June-19 August 1984), cat. not numbered, illus. p. 243, fig. no. 6.20 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1984-02-09T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Lugano-Castagnola, Switzerland, Gallery Thyssen-Bornemisza, American Impressionist Paintings (22 July-28 October 1990), illus. cat. no. 26, p. 75 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1990-07-22T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Storrs, CT, The William Benton Musuem of Art, J. Alden Weir: A Place of His Own (4 June-18 August 1991); traveled to Greenwich, CT, The Bruce Museum (15 September-3 November 1991), illus. cat. plate no. 15 as Building a Dam, Shetucket.",
                    "opening_date": "1991-06-04T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Lausanne, Switzerland, Fondation de l\u2019Hermitage, L\u2019Impressionnisme Am\u00e9ricain 1880-1915 (6 June 2002-20 October 2002), illus. cat. no. 57, p. 112 as The Building of the Dam (La construction du barrage).",
                    "opening_date": "2002-06-06T00:00:00"
                },
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                    "description": "Heckscher Musuem of Art (11/22/2003 - 2/1/2004):  \"The Golden Age of American Impressionsim\"",
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        "description": "Julian Alden Weir's painting shows the construction of the Scotland Dam, built between 1907 and 1909 on the Shetucket River near his summer home in Windham, Connecticut. The artist had a vested interest in the subject, as the dam ensured an energy supply to the area's inhabitants that included his family.",
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                "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.",
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                "citation": "Dawson, Anne E. \"J. Alden Weir in Windham, Connecticut, 1882-1919.\" In  <em>Rare Light: J. Alden Weir in Windham, Connecticut, 1882-1919.</em> Anne Dawson, editor, 9-90. Middletown, Connecticut: Wesleyan University Press, 2016.",
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