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"title": "Masterworks from The Phillips Collection",
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"title": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).",
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"description": "Caf\u00e9 Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855 - 1914. Ordrupgaard, Charlottenlund, Copenhagen, Denmark (February 5-May 31, 2026); The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN (organizer) (June 18-September 6, 2026); Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE (September 26, 2026-January 17, 2027).",
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"description": "\u00c9douard Vuillard. Bernheim-Jeune, Paris, France (1912), no. 23 (according to Salomon).",
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"description": "Vuillard. Stockholm, Galerie d'Art Latin, Stockholm, Sweden (Autumn 1948), no. 12, Le Restaurant Wepler, 1922.",
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"Roussel, Vuillard\u2019s nephew, inherited a number of the works that were in the artist\u2019s studio at the time of his death. Roussel was the lender of Caf\u00e9 Wepler (\u201cRestaurant Wepler\u201d) to an exhibition at the Basel Kunsthalle in 1949. While he is not identified in the catalogue by name, the Basel Kunsthalle confirmed that he was the lender, and indeed, he is named as the lender of several other Vuillards in the exhibition. Roussel may have sold the painting directly to C\u00e9sar de Hauke: de Hauke sold the painting to CMA just one year after this exhibition, and he and Roussel had a personal connection, as de Hauke sold a number of works by Roussel\u2019s father, Ker-Xavier Roussel. However, without confirmation of a sale between Roussel and de Hauke, any transaction that may have occurred is speculative at this point.
"
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"did_you_know": "Established in 1881, the Cafe Wepler is still in business. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it was frequented by artists and writers.",
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"description": "The Wepler, a large brasserie restaurant on Place Clichy in the Montmartre district of Paris, is composed of several rooms on different levels. Once frequented by bohemian artists like Pablo Picasso and Amedeo Modigliani, the Wepler is still in business today.",
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"citation": "Offin, Charles Z. Pictures on Exhibit. New York, NY, Pictures Pub. Co. (January, 1951):46-47.",
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"citation": "Becker, Jack F., Gertrud Oelsner, Kevin Sharp, Taylor J. Acosta, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Ordrupgaardsamlingen, and Joslyn Art Museum. Caf\u00e9 Society : Art and Sociability in Belle \u00c9poque Paris. Edited by Julie Novarese Pierotti. Memphis, Lewes, UK: Dixon Gallery and Gardens, In association with D Giles Limited, 2026.",
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