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        "accession_number": "1942.797",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Boy and Panther Cub, 1915. Malvina Hoffman (American, 1887\u20131966). Bronze; overall: 171.5 cm (67 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of John L. Severance, 1942.797",
        "current_location": "WT West Terrace",
        "title": "Boy and Panther Cub",
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        "artists_tags": [
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Sculpture",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 171.5 cm (67 1/2 in.)",
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                "height": 1.715,
                "height_inch": 67,
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            {
                "inscription": "Signed on base:  Hoffman",
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        ],
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 335856,
                    "title": "Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection",
                    "description": "<i>Exhibition of the John L. Severance Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 12, 1942-March 14, 1943).",
                    "opening_date": "1942-11-12T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "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"
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        "did_you_know": "The faun's pose derives from classical ballet.",
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        "description": "American artist Malvina Hoffman created this garden sculpture featuring a faun holding a small panther cub with his left arm while dangling a bunch of grapes over its open mouth. This particular bronze cast was commissioned by prominent Cleveland industrialist John L. Severance and was given to the museum after his death.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60781055"
            ],
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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. #48, p. 48, repr.",
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "Ausherman, Maria, <em>Masters of Shape: The Lives and Art of American Women Sculptors. </em>(Novato, CA: Goff Books, 2022).",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced p. 126.",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "<em>Catalogue of the John L. Severance Collection: Bequest of John L. Severance, 1936.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1942.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 32, cat. no. 30",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/SeveranceBequest/page/n36"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Conner, Janis C. <em>Conner Rosenkranz LLC: 19th &amp; 20th Century American Sculpture.</em> New York, NY: Conner Rosenkranz LLC, 2013.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 41",
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "Czajkowski, Alexandra. \u201cExploring the Fine Arts Garden.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine  </em>61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 38-39.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 39.",
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            }
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        "creditline": "Bequest of John L. Severance",
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        "athena_id": 122537,
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                "description": "Malvina Hoffman (American, 1887\u20131966)",
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                "birth_year": "1887",
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        "accession_date": "1942-07-24T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1915,
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:48:25.716000"
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