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        "tombstone": "Plate:  My Cat Whirling on a Red Cushion, c. 1944. Mildred Watkins (American, 1883\u20131968). Enamel; diameter: 18.4 cm (7 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Spedding Milliken Memorial Collection, Gift of William Mathewson Milliken, 1944.251",
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        "title": "Plate:  My Cat Whirling on a Red Cushion",
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                "inscription": "Titled and signed in gold on bottom:  \"May Cat Whirling on a red Cushion - Mildred Watkins\"",
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                    "id": 382036,
                    "title": "The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>The May Show: 26th Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 2-June 11, 1944).",
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                {
                    "id": 704927,
                    "title": "Exhibition of Enamels",
                    "description": "<i>Exhibition of Enamels</i>. University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (February 27-April 1, 1950).",
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                    "id": 230057,
                    "title": "Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980",
                    "description": "<i>Painting with Fire: Masters of Enameling in America, 1930-1980</i>. Long Beach Museum of Art (organizer) (January 12-August 19, 2007).",
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                    "opening_date": "2007-01-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
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                    "opening_date": "1949-11-13T05:00:00Z"
                },
                {
                    "description": "<em>Modern Enamels with the Old Enamels</em>. Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH (May 5-June 3, 1945).",
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Mildred Watkins Entry Card to 1944 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS07002"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Swaim-Fox, Callan. \"Learn About May Show Artists.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 6 (November/December 2019): 12-13.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 12.",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-06/page/n5/mode/2up"
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