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"tombstone": "Video, c. 1955\u201363. Joseph Cornell (American, 1903\u20131972). Wood, glass, and found objects; framed: 25 x 37 x 9.5 cm (9 13/16 x 14 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.); overall: 24.8 x 36.9 x 9.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection of The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1964.143. \u00a9 The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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"id": 304723,
"title": "Year in Review (1964)",
"description": "Year in Review (1964). 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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"id": 302349,
"title": "Materials and Techniques of 20th-Century Artists",
"description": "Materials and Techniques of 20th-Century Artists. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 17, 1976-January 2, 1977).",
"opening_date": "1976-11-17T05:00:00"
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{
"id": 311444,
"title": "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum",
"description": "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).",
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"description": "CMA 1964: \"Year in Review,\" CMA Bulletin, listed no. 155",
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"did_you_know": "The poet Charles Simic described Cornell's boxes as \"dreams in which objects are renamed and invested with imaginary lives.\"",
"description": "Cornell devoted much of his life to assembling glass-fronted boxes of objects and printed material that he found or acquired from second-hand shops and bookstores. By virtue of their unexpected juxtapositions, the artist\u2019s arrangements generate poetic associations. In this example, the cork balls, metal ring, black disk, and constellation diagram evoke the structure and mysteries of the universe. The meaning behind the title of the work remains elusive, perhaps as Cornell intended.",
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cThe Language of Art.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 51, no. 9 (November 1964): 211\u2013231.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 220-221, figs. 5-6",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152016"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 201",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n225"
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n225"
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cSky Cathedral-Moon Garden Wall by Louise Nevelson.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 64, no. 7 (September 1977): 242\u2013251.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 243-244, fig. 4",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159539"
},
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.",
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