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        "tombstone": "Bini Belle, c. 1940. Russell Barnett Aitken (American, 1910\u20132002). Glazed ceramic; overall: 36.5 cm (14 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 1940.57",
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        "title": "Bini Belle",
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                    "id": 382031,
                    "title": "The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>The May Show: 22nd Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-June 9, 1940).",
                    "opening_date": "1940-05-01T04:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 312185,
                    "title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show",
                    "description": "<i>Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 13-February 14, 1943).",
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                    "id": 221961,
                    "title": "Bringing Modernism Home:  Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960",
                    "description": "<i>Bringing Modernism Home:  Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960</i>. Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (organizer) (January 28-April 17, 2005).",
                    "opening_date": "2005-01-28T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "Columbus Museum of Art (1/28/2005 - 4/17/2005):  \"Bringing Modernism Home, Ohio Decorative Arts, 1890-1960\", ex. cat. no. 22, p. 60.",
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            {
                "citation": "Russell Barnett Aitken 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/CMAMS05300/"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Binder, Lisa, \"Mr. Aitken, I Presume\", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 44 no. 05, May 2004",
                "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced: p. 12-13",
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            {
                "citation": "Channing, Laurence, \"Before Neo: The May Show\", Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Cleveland Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em>. Vol. 45 no. 07, September 2005",
                "page_number": "Mentioned & reproduced: p. 6",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2005-07/page/6"
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                "citation": "Aitken, Russell. Russell Barnett Aitken Collection. Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:06:44.595000"
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