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        "accession_number": "1963.587",
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        "tombstone": "Don Quixote and the Chariot of Death, 1935. Andr\u00e9 Masson (French, 1896\u20131987). Oil on canvas; framed: 113.3 x 141.6 x 5.8 cm (44 5/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.); unframed: 98 x 124.5 cm (38 9/16 x 49 in.); former: 113.3 x 141.7 x 4.4 cm (44 5/8 x 55 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1963.587. \u00a9 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris",
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        "title": "Don Quixote and the Chariot of Death",
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        "measurements": "Framed: 113.3 x 141.6 x 5.8 cm (44 5/8 x 55 3/4 x 2 5/16 in.); Unframed: 98 x 124.5 cm (38 9/16 x 49 in.); Former: 113.3 x 141.7 x 4.4 cm (44 5/8 x 55 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 2008 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris",
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            {
                "inscription": "Signed lower left: \"Andr\u00e9 Masson\"",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 304723,
                    "title": "Year in Review (1964)",
                    "description": "<i>Year in Review (1964)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 8, 1964-January 31, 1965).",
                    "opening_date": "1964-12-08T05:00:00"
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                "description": "Anonymous Gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH",
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        "description": "A leading artist of the Surrealist movement, Andr\u00e9 Masson was strongly influenced by his close association with Joan Mir\u00f3 and Pablo Picasso. This painting depicts an episode from the novel Don Quixote by Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, in which the rash and delusional Don Quixote threatens to attack a troupe of traveling actors, who, having just performed a play, are still dressed in costumes representing Death, the Devil, and other characters.",
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Allen, John Jay, and Patricia S. Finch. <em>Don Quijote en el arte y pensamiento de occidente</em>. Madrid, Spain: Ca\u0301tedra, 2004.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 171",
                "url": null
            },
            {
                "citation": "Masson, Guite, Martin Masson, and Catherine Loewer. <em>Andre\u0301 Masson: catalogue raisonne\u0301 de l'oeuvre peint, 1918-1941.</em> Vaumarcus: ArtAcatos, 2010.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 223, no. 12",
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.587",
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        "creditline": "Anonymous Gift",
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        "updated_at": "2026-08-21 12:43:15.582000"
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