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        "tombstone": "The Letter (verso), 1890\u201391. Mary Cassatt (American, 1844\u20131926). Soft ground lines transferred from etching plate; sheet: 34.6 x 23 cm (13 5/8 x 9 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Charles T. Brooks, 1941.86.b",
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        "title": "The Letter (verso)",
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                "inscription": "signed lower right, in graphite: Mary Cassatt; lower left in graphite: 4423-oss; verso, lower right, in graphite: 136\r\r\n",
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                {
                    "id": 200460,
                    "title": "Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris",
                    "description": "<i>Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).",
                    "opening_date": "2012-10-04T00:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 454246,
                    "title": "Mary Cassatt at Work",
                    "description": "<i>Mary Cassatt at Work</i>. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (May 18-September 8, 2024) https://www.philamuseum.org/calendar/exhibition/mary-cassatt-at-work.",
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        "description": "In this study for the color drypoint and aquatint of the same title, Cassatt worked out the placement of the figure at a writing table. Details such as the precise incline of her head, the curls on her forehead, and the position of her fingers on the envelope are echoed in the print.",
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                "https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1941.86.b-the-letter-verso"
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            {
                "citation": "Nash, Julie. \"Paper Trail: Navigating NcNicoll's Sketchbooks.\" In <em>Cassatt - McNicoll: Impressionists Between Worlds, </em>Caroline Shields, ed.,117-137. Toronto, Ontario: Art Gallery of Ontario; Fredericton, New Brunswick: Goose Lane Editions, 2023.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 132",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Thompson, Jennifer A., and Laurel Garber. <em>Mary Cassatt at Work.</em> Philadelphia, PA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2024.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 138, fig. 76b",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:48:17.159000"
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