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        "accession_number": "1958.318",
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        "tombstone": "Hadrian's Villa, 1958. Peter Blume (American, born Russian Empire [now Belarus], 1906\u20131992). Oil on canvas; framed: 93 x 108.6 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten, 1958.318. \u00a9 [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
        "current_location": null,
        "title": "Hadrian's Villa",
        "creation_date": "1958",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1958,
        "creation_date_latest": 1958,
        "artists_tags": [
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        "technique": "oil on canvas",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Painting",
        "type": "Painting",
        "measurements": "Framed: 93 x 108.6 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.)",
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            "framed": {
                "height": 0.93,
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                "height": 0.762,
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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            {
                "inscription": "signed lower left:  Peter Blume, 1958",
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                {
                    "id": 205860,
                    "title": "Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis",
                    "description": "<i>Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis</i>. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA (organizer) (November 12, 2014-April 5, 2015); Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (June 27-September 20, 2015).",
                    "opening_date": "2014-11-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 292699,
                    "title": "Artlens Exhibition 2017",
                    "description": "<i>Artlens Exhibition 2017</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 24, 2017-May 29, 2019).",
                    "opening_date": "2017-06-24T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
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                {
                    "description": "Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia (11/12/2014 - 4/5/2015) and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (6/27/2015 - 9/20/2015):  \"Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis'",
                    "opening_date": "2014-11-12T00:00:00"
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            {
                "id": 135283,
                "description": "Compositional Study for Hadrian's Villa, 1957. Peter Blume (American, born Russian Empire [now Belarus], 1906\u20131992). Black chalk; sheet: 79.3 x 94.8 x 0.6 cm (31 1/4 x 37 5/16 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten, 1958.298. \u00a9 [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
                "relationship": null
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            {
                "id": 135284,
                "description": "Study for Hadrian's Villa, 1957. Peter Blume (American, born Russian Empire [now Belarus], 1906\u20131992). Pen and black ink and black and red chalk, squared; image: 19 x 23 cm (7 1/2 x 9 1/16 in.); sheet: 21.5 x 25 cm (8 7/16 x 9 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten, 1958.299. \u00a9 [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
                "relationship": null
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        "did_you_know": "Born Piotr Sorek-Sabel to Russian Jewish parents, the future artist emigrated to the U.S. in 1911.",
        "description": "Peter Blume depicts a scene he witnessed at the ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, where a group of workers harvested olives from a gnarled tree. While some of the figures climb ladders to access the fruit, others gather it in baskets. Ruined buildings frame the olive tree, contrasting the bounty of the harvest with decay.",
        "external_resources": {
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.318",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten",
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                "birth_year": "1906",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1958-06-21T00:00:00",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:07:51.935000"
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