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        "tombstone": "Goddess, 1921\u201324. Elie Nadelman (American, born Russian Empire [now Poland], 1882\u20131946). Marble; with base: 58.1 x 23.5 x 36.2 cm (22 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of James Parmelee, 1940.576",
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        "title": "Goddess",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
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        "measurements": "with base: 58.1 x 23.5 x 36.2 cm (22 7/8 x 9 1/4 x 14 1/4 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 312341,
                    "title": "The Silver Jubilee Exhibition",
                    "description": "<i>The Silver Jubilee Exhibition</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941).",
                    "opening_date": "1941-06-23T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 444484,
                    "title": "The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman",
                    "description": "<i>The Sculpture and Drawings of Elie Nadelman</i>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (September 23-November 30, 1975); Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., DC (December 20, 1975-February 15, 1976).",
                    "opening_date": "1975-09-24T04:00:00"
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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"
                },
                {
                    "id": 310243,
                    "title": "The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art",
                    "description": "<i>The Precisionist Aesthetic in American Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 24-April 9, 1989).",
                    "opening_date": "1989-01-24T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 218354,
                    "title": "Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life",
                    "description": "<i>Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life</i>. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (organizer) (March 27-July 20, 2003).",
                    "opening_date": "2003-03-27T00:00:00"
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        "did_you_know": "During the Second World War, Elie Nadelman volunteered at the Bronx Veterans Hospital, teaching ceramics in the occupational therapy department.",
        "description": "Sculptor Elie Nadelman once stated, \u201cI employ no other line than the curve, which possesses freshness and force.\u201d This approach is manifest in <em>Goddess</em>, a white marble head of a woman whose composition emphasizes smooth spherical shapes.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79624855"
            ],
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        "citations": [
            {
                "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. #41, p. 42, repr.",
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "Haskell, Barbara, and Elie Nadelman. Elie Nadelman: Sculptor of Modern Life. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2003.",
                "page_number": "cat # (fig.) 169, p. 145.",
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "Milliken, William. \"The Bequest of James Parmelee.\"<em> The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>28, no. 2 (February 1941): 15-27.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 20",
                "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25140904"
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:09:06.065000"
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