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"tombstone": "Plaque: Mexico, 1940. H. Edward Winter (American, 1908\u20131976). Enamel; overall: 61.6 x 61.6 cm (24 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Cleveland Art Association, 1940.349",
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"title": "Plaque: Mexico",
"creation_date": "1940",
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"department": "Decorative Art and Design",
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"measurements": "Overall: 61.6 x 61.6 cm (24 1/4 x 24 1/4 in.)",
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"inscription": "Signed and dated lower right corner: \"Edward Winter, 1940\"",
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"title": "The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
"description": "The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1940).",
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"title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show",
"description": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).",
"opening_date": "1943-01-13T05:00:00"
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"id": 355481,
"title": "Exhibition of the Month: The Floral Motif in Art",
"description": "Exhibition of the Month: The Floral Motif in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 29-September 30, 1947).",
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"id": 227895,
"title": "EDUCATORS/EDUCATED: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio",
"description": "EDUCATORS/EDUCATED: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio. Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH (organizer) (November 18, 2004-January 23, 2005); The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH (February 19-May 29, 2005); The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 25-July 29, 2005).",
"opening_date": "2004-11-18T00:00:00"
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"title": "Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980",
"description": "Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980. Long Beach Museum of Art (organizer) (January 12-August 19, 2007).",
"opening_date": "2005-11-14T00:00:00"
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"description": "Riffe Gallery, Columbus (11/18/2004 - 1/23/2005), Butler Institute of American Art (2/19/2005 - 5/29/2005), and",
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"description": "Cleveland Institute of Art (6/25/2005 - 7/29/2005): \"EDUCATORS/EDUCATED: Jewelry & Metals in Ohio\"",
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"description": "Long Beach Museum of Art, CA (1/12/2007 - 8/19/2007): \"Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980\"",
"opening_date": "2007-01-12T00:00:00"
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{
"description": "Modern Enamels with the Old Enamels. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (May 5-June 3, 1945).",
"opening_date": "1945-05-05T04:00:00Z"
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"description": "Exhibit of Cleveland Enamels. Russell Art Gallery, Bloomington, IN (November 13-19, 1949).",
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"description": "Through his writing, lectures, and prolific artistic output, Winter championed enameling and increased public awareness of its creative potential. Given after-hours access to raw materials, industrial air compressors, and large kilns at the Ferro Enamel Corporation in Cleveland, he pioneered works of impressive design and scale. His Plaque: Mexico is a lyrical abstracted landscape populated by calla lilies and butterflies.",
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"citation": "H. Edward Winter Entry Card to 1940 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS05702/"
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"citation": "Winter, Edward. Enamel Art on Metals. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1958.",
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"url": "https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/519814"
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"updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:48:07.772000"
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