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        "tombstone": "Sunita, 1931. Jacob Epstein (British, 1880\u20131959). Pencil and watercolor; sheet: 43.8 x 57.1 cm (17 1/4 x 22 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Louis Dudley Beaumont Foundation, 1966.151",
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        "title": "Sunita",
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                "inscription": "Signed upper right: Epstein",
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                    "title": "Golden Anniversary of Acquisitions",
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                    "id": 311467,
                    "title": "Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure",
                    "description": "<i>Directions in Drawing II: The Human Figure</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 5, 1991-January 12, 1992).",
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                    "id": 311646,
                    "title": "Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors",
                    "description": "<i>Changing Dimensions: Works on Paper by Sculptors</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 22, 1995-January 24, 1996).",
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        "description": "With his superlative modeling technique and intuitive realism, Epstein was one of the finest portrait sculptors of his generation. He preferred ethnically diverse models, choosing Asian, African, or Indian sitters. One of his favorites was the statuesque Kashmiri woman, Sunita (Amina Peerbhoy), who appears in his work from 1925\u201331. Through observation and empathy Epstein distilled Sunita's personality, from her natural reserve to a brooding sensuality.",
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                "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cGolden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 53, no. 7 (1966).",
                "page_number": "p. 282, no. 94",
                "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110."
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        "updated_at": "2026-07-04 11:16:28.948000"
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