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        "accession_number": "1953.78",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "V\u00e5gorna (Waves), c. 1947. Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916\u20131982), Nordiska Kompaniet (Swedish, est. 1902). Plain weave bleached linen, loom width, print; overall: 116.8 x 131.4 cm (46 x 51 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1953.78",
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        "title": "V\u00e5gorna (Waves)",
        "creation_date": "c. 1947",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1945,
        "creation_date_latest": 1950,
        "artists_tags": [
            "male"
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            "Sweden, 20th century"
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        "technique": "Plain weave bleached linen, loom width, print",
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        "department": "Textiles",
        "collection": "Textiles",
        "type": "Textile",
        "measurements": "Overall: 116.8 x 131.4 cm (46 x 51 3/4 in.)",
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                "height": 1.168,
                "height_inch": 46,
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                "width": 1.314,
                "width_inch": 51,
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 302021,
                    "title": "Design in Printed Textiles",
                    "description": "<i>Design in Printed Textiles</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 3, 1961).",
                    "opening_date": "1961-04-07T05:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 313463,
                    "title": "Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design",
                    "description": "<i>Color and Comfort: Swedish Modern Design</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 11, 2019-February 10, 2020).",
                    "opening_date": "2019-02-17T05:00:00"
                }
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        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "purchased from Bonniers",
                "citations": [],
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        "did_you_know": "This textile shows a variety of fish which are often featured in Scandinavian cuisine.",
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        "description": "Stig Lindberg\u2019s textiles are known for their whimsical motifs. <em>V\u00e5gorna </em>depicts a stylized fish enveloped into a wavy stream. The vertical lines indicate this textile\u2019s use as drapery, emphasizing its natural folds when displayed.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80022497"
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        },
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1953.78",
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        "creditline": "The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund",
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                "description": "Stig Lindberg (Swedish, 1916\u20131982)",
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                "biography": "Stig Lindberg (born Frederick Stigurd Lindberg in Ume\u00e5, Sweden) was a Swedish ceramicist, glass artist, and textile designer. Having studied ceramics at the Konstfackskolen (School of Arts, Crafts, and Design) and the Kungliga Tekniska H\u00f6gskolan (Royal Institute of Technology), Lindberg\u2019s international reputation largely rests on his ceramic and glass designs for Gustavsberg Porcelain Factory and various Swedish glasshouses. Lindberg was the creative director of Gustavsberg between 1949 and 1957, and again between 1971 and 1980. Prior to his directorship, Lindberg illustrated children\u2019s books and designed textiles for Nordiska Kompaniet that often incorporated playful motifs.",
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                "role": "manufacturer",
                "biography": "Josef Sachs established the department store Nordiska Kompaniet in 1902. The store\u2019s first building opened in 1915 on Hamngaten in Stockholm and is still in operation today.",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1953-04-17T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1945,
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        "date_text": "c. 1947",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Vagnora"
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:49:16.306000"
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