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"tombstone": "The Artist's Sister Lola, 1899\u20131900. Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881\u20131973). Oil on canvas; framed: 62.5 x 54 x 8 cm (24 5/8 x 21 1/4 x 3 1/8 in.); unframed: 46.7 x 37.5 cm (18 3/8 x 14 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. David S. Ingalls, 1966.377. \u00a9 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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"title": "The Artist's Sister Lola",
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"inscription": "Signed lower left: \"P. Ruiz Picasso-\"; [signed upper left: \"Ruiz Picasso\"]",
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"title": "Year in Review: 1967",
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"title": "Pablo Picasso: Fruhwerk und Blaue Periode (Pablo Picasso: Early Work and the Blue Period)",
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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. 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": "Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaud\u00ed, Mir\u00f3, Dal\u00ed (1868-1939)",
"description": "Barcelona & Modernity: Picasso, Gaud\u00ed, Mir\u00f3, Dal\u00ed (1868-1939). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 15, 2006-January 7, 2007); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (co-organizer) (March 4-June 3, 2007).",
"opening_date": "2006-10-15T00:00:00"
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"title": "Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "Admired from Afar: Masterworks of Japanese Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan (January 15-February 23, 2014); Kyushu National Museum, Fukuoka, Japan (July 8-August 31, 2014).",
"opening_date": "2014-01-15T00:00:00"
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"title": "Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museum of Madrid",
"description": "Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museum of Madrid. San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX (organizer) (June 22-September 16, 2018).",
"opening_date": "2018-06-22T04:00:00"
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"description": "Antonio Vancells, Barcelona, Spain",
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"did_you_know": "Picasso's younger sister, Maria Dolores Ruiz Picasso, known as Lola, was born in M\u00e1laga, Spain, in December 1884, several days after the city suffered an earthquake. The family sometimes affectionately called Lola \"La Terrem\u00f3tica\" (the little earthquake) partly because of the circumstances of her birth, but also because of her restless and inquisitive nature.",
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"description": "Pablo Picasso painted this portrait when he was 18 years old and sharing ideas with artists and writers in Barcelona who were dubbed modernists in the press. During this period, his younger sister, Maria Dolores Ruiz Picasso (1884\u20131958), known as Lola, was a favorite model. Picasso\u2019s bold handling of paint, the intense palette, and the way in which the figure\u2019s hands are merely suggested reveal the artist\u2019s early embrace of modernism. Lola\u2019s mantilla (a lace or silk scarf worn over the head and shoulders especially by Spanish and Latin American women) may allude to the family\u2019s Andalusian roots in southern Spain and their Catholic faith.",
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"citation": "McCully, Marilyn, ed. and Natasha Elena Staller. Picasso--the Early Years, 1892-1906. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1997.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 104",
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"citation": "Jiminez, Jill Berk, and Joanna Banham. Dictionary of Artists' Models. London, United Kingdom: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 427",
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"citation": "Robinson, William H., Jordi Falga\u0300s, and Carmen Belen Lord. Barcelona and Modernity: Picasso, Gaudi\u0301, Miro\u0301, Dali\u0301. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2006.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 96",
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"citation": "Serraller, F. Calvo, and Carmen Gime\u0301nez. Picasso: Tradition and Avant-Garde : 6 June-4 September 2006. Madrid, Spain: Museo Nacional del Prado, 2006.",
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"citation": "19th Century European Paintings: Including Spanish Painting 1850-1930 London: Sotheby's, 2006.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p. 60",
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"citation": "Valle\u0300s, Eduard. Picasso versus Rusin\u0303ol: Barcelona, Museu Picasso, 27 de mayo-5 de septiembre de 2010. Barcelona, Spain: Ajuntament de Barcelona, Institut de Cultura, 2010.",
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"citation": "Valle\u0300s, Eduard. Picasso: obra catalana. Barcelona: Enciclop\u00e8dia Catalana, 2015.",
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"citation": "Gual, Male\u0301n. Lola Ruiz Picasso: La Custo\u0300dia del Tresor =The Custodian of the Treasure. Barcelona: Fundacio\u0301 Museu Picasso de Barcelona, 2021.",
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"citation": "McCully, Marilyn. \"Lola Ruiz Picasso.\" In Picasso: The Women in His Life: an Homage. Margrit Bernard, 26-39. Munich: Hirmer, 2022.",
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