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        "tombstone": "Pair of Cats, c. 1920\u201328. Kitty Rix (Austrian, 1901\u20131951), Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte (Austria, Vienna, 1903\u201332). Hand-modeled ceramic, glazed; overall: 12.5 x 12.1 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Educational Purchase Fund, 1929.687",
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        "title": "Pair of Cats",
        "creation_date": "c. 1920\u201328",
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            "female",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 12.5 x 12.1 cm (4 15/16 x 4 3/4 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 383281,
                    "title": "Stories from Storage",
                    "description": "<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).",
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                "description": "(Purchased from Kuster, Perry & Co., Munich, Germany)",
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        "did_you_know": "Animals fascinated early modern designers interested in kinetic form and patterns of decoration.",
        "description": "Austrian designers Walter Bosse and Kitty Rix feature colorful, bright forms in their ceramic figures that conjure whimsy and invite imagined stories. Their exaggerated features\u2014such as oversize eyes, ears, and whiskers as well as elongated necks or shortened limbs\u2014use caricature to emphasize elements of form, engaging the viewer through humor and charm. Throughout their careers, Bosse and Rix produced modernist designs for the two leading artist workshops\u2014the Wiener Werkst\u00e4tte and the Austrian Werkbund.",
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