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        "tombstone": "Water Form, 1947. William Baziotes (American, 1912\u20131963). Oil on canvas; framed: 54 x 63.6 x 5.2 cm (21 1/4 x 25 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.); unframed: 50.8 x 60.6 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1960.115. \u00a9 Estate of William Baziotes",
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        "title": "Water Form",
        "creation_date": "1947",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Painting",
        "type": "Painting",
        "measurements": "Framed: 54 x 63.6 x 5.2 cm (21 1/4 x 25 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.); Unframed: 50.8 x 60.6 cm (20 x 23 7/8 in.)",
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                "depth": 0.052
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of William Baziotes",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "Signed lower left: Baziotes\r\nWritten on back of canvas in black paint: Water Form/Wm. Baziotes 1947",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 302015,
                    "title": "Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).",
                    "opening_date": "1960-11-30T05:00:00"
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                {
                    "id": 211675,
                    "title": "William Baziotes: Metamorphosis",
                    "description": "<i>William Baziotes: Metamorphosis</i>. Peggy Guggenheim Collection,The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Venice, Italy (organizer) (September 3, 2004-January 9, 2005).",
                    "opening_date": "2004-09-03T00:00:00"
                }
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                {
                    "description": "\"Baziotes: New Paintings,\" Koontz Gallery, New York, April 7--26, 1947, no. 3.",
                    "opening_date": "1947-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice: Palazzo Venier (9/3/2004 - 1/9/2005):  \"William Baziotes: Metamorphosis\", ex. cat. no. 24, p.83.",
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        "did_you_know": "Before developing a strong interest in making art, William Baziotes considered becoming a professional boxer.",
        "description": "William Baziotes's <em>Water Form</em> appears to encapsulate his artistic statement: \"My work is like the Caribbean Sea<strong>\u2014</strong>beautiful, serene, and exotic on the surface. And all the time below are the sharks.\"",
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        "creditline": "Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "accession_date": "1960-12-29T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1947,
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:07:59.630000"
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