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        "tombstone": "Young Faun with Heron, 1890. Frederick William MacMonnies (American, 1863\u20131937). Bronze; overall: 68.6 cm (27 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from a Friend, 1938.290",
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        "title": "Young Faun with Heron",
        "creation_date": "1890",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Sculpture",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 68.6 cm (27 in.)",
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                "inscription": "Signed on base: Frederick MacMonnies. \u00a9 1894, Paris. 1890\"",
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                    "id": 309906,
                    "title": "The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930",
                    "description": "<i>The American Way in Sculpture 1890-1930</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12-October 19, 1986).",
                    "opening_date": "1986-08-12T04:00:00"
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        "did_you_know": "The world\u2019s largest heron species, the Goliath heron, can stand upwards of five feet tall.",
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        "description": "MacMonnies originally created this composition as a large garden sculpture, but later marketed small-scale versions, such as this example, to adorn interior spaces. The subject presents a boyish mythological figure mischievously grasping a bird whose ample wings curve around him. A striking visual contrast is achieved through the variegated textures of the heron\u2019s feathers and the faun\u2019s smooth flesh.",
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            {
                "citation": "Solender, Katherine. The American Way in Sculpture, 1890-1930. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1986.",
                "page_number": "cat. #8, p. 18, repr.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "LeValley, Paul. Art Follows Nature: A Worldwide History of the Nude. <br>[Kissimmee, FL] : [Paul LeValley] ; 2016.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 511",
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            }
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:47:58.470000"
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