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        "accession_number": "1957.430",
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        "tombstone": "Guatemalan Women, 1930. Carlos M\u00e9rida (Guatamalan, 1894\u20131985). Watercolor with graphite; sheet: 27.4 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, 1957.430. \u00a9 VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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        "title": "Guatemalan Women",
        "creation_date": "1930",
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        "department": "Drawings",
        "collection": "DR - Mexican",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 27.4 x 39 cm (10 13/16 x 15 3/8 in.)",
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                "height": 0.274,
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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            {
                "inscription": "signed at bottom center, in pencil: CARLOS / MERIDA / 1930",
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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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            {
                "description": "Mrs. Malcolm L. McBride, Cleveland, OH, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "?-1957",
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                "description": "Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "1957-",
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        "did_you_know": "This drawing was donated to the museum by Mrs. Malcolm McBride, a Cleveland-based collector who developed an interest in Latin American art before it became popular in the United States and often bought directly from artists.",
        "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 drawing shows one such subjects\u2014a group of women at work in a rocky landscape. 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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        "accession_date": "1957-10-31T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1930,
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Mexican Women"
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        "updated_at": "2026-07-25 11:42:19.643000"
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