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        "accession_number": "1956.228",
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        "tombstone": "Two Girls with Bowl of Eggs, 1925. Carlos M\u00e9rida (Guatamalan, 1894\u20131985). Collotype and watercolor with graphite; sheet: 28.4 x 21.5 cm (11 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, 1956.228. \u00a9 VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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        "title": "Two Girls with Bowl of Eggs",
        "creation_date": "1925",
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        "artists_tags": [
            "Latine and Hispanic Artists",
            "male"
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        "department": "Drawings",
        "collection": "DR - Mexican",
        "type": "Drawing",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 28.4 x 21.5 cm (11 3/16 x 8 7/16 in.)",
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                "width_inch_fraction": 0.4375
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "signed at lower right, in ink: Carlos / Merida / Mexico / 1925",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 373919,
                    "title": "A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America",
                    "description": "<i>A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).",
                    "opening_date": "2020-03-08T05:00:00"
                }
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        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "?-1956",
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                "description": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "1956-",
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        "did_you_know": "Carlos M\u00e9rida created this work by printing black outlines, which he then filled in with layers of watercolor. He likely developed this technique while creating book illustrations.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "After studying in Paris, Carlos M\u00e9rida relocated to Mexico and began to create watercolors depicting the rural, indigenous people of his native Guatemala. This work shows one such subject\u2014two young girls holding baskets of eggs. The artist uses flat areas of color and simple forms influenced by Cubist art he studied in Europe. M\u00e9rida hoped to develop a new audience and an appreciation for his native culture through such modern images.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride",
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                "description": "Carlos M\u00e9rida (Guatamalan, 1894\u20131985)",
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                "birth_year": "1891",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1956-08-23T00:00:00",
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        "updated_at": "2026-07-25 11:42:19.371000"
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