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"title": "Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper",
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"did_you_know": "Before making prints, Emile Nolde worked as a wood-carver, a technique that later informed his woodcuts.",
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"description": "These two swooning female dancers in long, elegant robes express themselves in dramatic but graceful curves, which are matched by Nolde\u2019s vigorous gouging of the block. He combined a richly inked block with embossing, created by printing the block without ink (especially evident on the dancers\u2019 white dresses). Throughout his career, Nolde returned to the theme of the dancer as the embodiment of freedom and expressivity. He knew several renowned avant-garde dancers whose form of modern dance involved elemental poses and free movements, often accompanied only by a drumbeat.",
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"citation": "Webb, Sheila, and Cleveland Museum of Art. Paper, the Continuous Thread. Cleveland, OH: Published by the Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1982.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 34-35, no. 25; Mentioned: p. 67",
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"citation": "Peters, Emily J. \"Collection Highlight. Two Dancers: Rhythmic ecstasy conveyed through a chiseled woodblock.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 58. no. 2 (March/April 2018): 32.",
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"updated_at": "2026-07-25 11:42:20.051000"
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