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        "accession_number": "1959.141.a",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Bird-Form Bottle, 1959. Leza S. McVey (American, 1907\u20131984). Glazed ceramic; overall: 36.2 x 15.2 cm (14 1/4 x 6 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund, 1959.141.a",
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        "title": "Bird-Form Bottle",
        "creation_date": "1959",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1958,
        "creation_date_latest": 1959,
        "artists_tags": [
            "May Show",
            "female"
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        "culture": [
            "America, Ohio, Cleveland"
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        "technique": "glazed ceramic",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Ceramic",
        "measurements": "Overall: 36.2 x 15.2 cm (14 1/4 x 6 in.)",
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                "width": 0.152
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        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "Incised in cursive and in blue glaze: Leza",
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                "inscription_remark": null,
                "sortorder": null
            }
        ],
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 301666,
                    "title": "The May Show: 41st Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen",
                    "description": "<i>The May Show: 41st Annual Exhibition of Works by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 14, 1959).",
                    "opening_date": "1959-05-06T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 219069,
                    "title": "Realization is Better than Anticipation",
                    "description": "<i>Realization is Better than Anticipation</i>. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 28-October 12, 2013).",
                    "opening_date": "2013-06-28T00:00:00"
                }
            ],
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                {
                    "description": "41st Annual May Show, 1959",
                    "opening_date": "1959-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) (6/28/2013 - 10/12/2013):  \"Realization is Better than Anticipation\"",
                    "opening_date": "2013-06-28T00:00:00"
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            {
                "description": "Purchased from 41st May Show.",
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        ],
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        "description": "Cleveland sculptor and designer Leza McVey experimented with form and texture, and both are evident in this bottle. The abstracted form of a bird is paired with a volcanic glaze, which gives the surface a pitted and pebbly texture.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60780992"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Leza S. McVey Entry Card to 1959 May Show. Cleveland Museum of Art May Show Records, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.",
                "page_number": null,
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMS12107/"
            }
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        "creditline": "The Harold T. Clark Educational Extension Fund",
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                "description": "Leza S. McVey (American, 1907\u20131984)",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1959-04-25T00:00:00",
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        "date_text": "1959",
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        "cover_accession_number": "1959.141",
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
        "impression": null,
        "alternate_titles": [
            "Ceramic form #9-6"
        ],
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:03:22.824000"
    }
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