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"title": "Art of the Americas",
"description": "Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-April 11, 1943).",
"opening_date": "1943-03-19T04:00:00"
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"title": "Art of the Americas",
"description": "Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).",
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"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. \"Art of the Americas.\" repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 43.",
"opening_date": "1945-11-09T00:00:00"
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"description": "Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950. \"Ancient American Gold and Jade.\" exh. cat. no. 73.",
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"description": "New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26- March 26, 1954. \"Ancient Arts of the Andes.\" exh. cat. fig. 156, repr. in black and white, p. 136.",
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"description": "Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21- May 19, 1957. \"Art of the Americas Before Columbus.\" exh. cat. no. 20, repr in black and white, p. 13.",
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"description": "Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1-July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition\" Pre- Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America.\"",
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"description": "Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; October 19-31, 1959. \"South American Fortnight.\" exh. cat. no. 23.",
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"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966.\"Treasures of Peruvian Gold.\"",
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