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"tombstone": "Self-Portrait with Hat, 1919. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (German, 1884\u20131976). Oil on canvas; framed: 84.8 x 76.8 x 6.4 cm (33 3/8 x 30 1/4 x 2 1/2 in.); unframed: 73.3 x 65 cm (28 7/8 x 25 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Dr. William R. Valentiner, 1965.440. \u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn",
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"inscription": "Signed upper left: \"S. Rottluff\"",
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"title": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "Monet to Dal\u00ed: Modern Masters from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Beijing World Art Museum (May 26-August 27, 2006); Mori Art Center (September 16-November 26, 2006); Seoul Art Center, South Korea (December 22, 2006-March 28, 2007); Seoul Olympic Museum of Art, South Korea (April 7-May 20, 2007); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada (June 9-September 16, 2007); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 21, 2007-January 13, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 15-June 1, 2008); Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (June 22-September 21, 2008); The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI (October 12, 2008-January 18, 2009).",
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"title": "Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus",
"description": "Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-June 26, 2022).",
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"description": "Schmidt-Rottluff painted this powerful self-portrait in Berlin, where he settled after being discharged from the army in World War I. The jarring colors reflect the artist's desire to project his inner, emotional self. The angular, geometric features reveal the influence of Cubism and African wood sculpture. Schmidt-Rottluff was a founding member of Die Br\u00fccke (The Bridge), a group of German Expressionists devoted to establishing a bridge between artists and society.",
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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.",
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cTwo German Expressionist Paintings.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 55, no. 4 (April 1968): 95\u2013102.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 95, 97, fig. 2",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152208"
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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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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Art of the Twentieth Century in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Dept. of Art History & Education, CMA, 1969. .",
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"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 245",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n265"
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cA Late Self-Portrait by Lovis Corinth.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 67, no. 9 (November 1980): 279\u2013284.",
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"citation": "Henning, Edward B. \u201cTwo New Cubist Paintings by Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 68, no. 2 (February 1981): 39\u201350.",
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"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159711"
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"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 243, pl. 72",
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"citation": "Donley, Greg. \"The New Museum.\" Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 49, no. 5 (May/June 2009): 3-5.",
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"citation": "Moeller, Magdalena M., Roman Zieglga\u0308nsberger, Janina Dahlmanns, P. Forster, Christiane Remm, and Roman Zieglga\u0308nsberger. Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Bild und Selbstbild. Mu\u0308nchen, Germany: Hirmer, 2015.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterworks on Loan: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Cleveland Museum of Art: July Through September 2016. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.",
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"citation": "Lacis, Indra K. \"Together and Apart: Karl Schmidt-Rottluff's Portrait of Emy and Self-Portrait with Hat.\" Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 56, no. 5 (September/October 2016): 19.",
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