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"title": "Retrospective Twenty-fifth Anniversary May Show",
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"title": "John Marin Memorial Exhibition",
"description": "John Marin Memorial Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 17, 1955-January 1, 1956); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA (March 1-October 13, 1956); The Phillips Collection (March 1-October 13, 1956); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (March 1-October 13, 1956); Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA (March 1-October 13, 1956); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (March 1-October 13, 1956).",
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"title": "A Study in Regional Taste: May Show 1919 - 1975",
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