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        "title": "Etchings of Paris:  The Mortuary",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 33.7 x 29.2 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.); Platemark: 23.1 x 20.7 cm (9 1/8 x 8 1/8 in.)",
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                {
                    "id": 301359,
                    "title": "The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review",
                    "description": "<i>The Print Club of Cleveland, 1919 - 1969: Fifty Years in Review</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (January 14-March 31, 1970).",
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                    "id": 304410,
                    "title": "Views of Paris",
                    "description": "<i>Views of Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 4, 1979-January 20, 1980).",
                    "opening_date": "1979-12-04T05:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 311461,
                    "title": "Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland",
                    "description": "<i>Generous Donors: A Tribute to The Print Club of Cleveland</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 2-August 4, 1991).",
                    "opening_date": "1991-04-02T05:00:00"
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                    "id": 187619,
                    "title": "Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints",
                    "description": "<i>Inventive Impressions:  18th- and 19-Century French Prints</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 26-October 28, 2001).",
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