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"tombstone": "Prisma, 1968. Richard Anuszkiewicz (American, 1930\u20132020). Acrylic on canvas; framed: 185.4 x 276.8 x 3.9 cm (73 x 109 x 1 9/16 in.); unframed: 182.8 x 274.3 cm (71 15/16 x 108 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Katherine C. White, 1977.193. \u00a9 Richard Anuszkiewicz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY",
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"title": "Prisma",
"creation_date": "1968",
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"creation_date_latest": 1968,
"artists_tags": [
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"male",
"Jewish artists"
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"America, Ohio, Cleveland"
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"technique": "acrylic on canvas",
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"department": "Contemporary Art",
"collection": "CONTEMP - Painting",
"type": "Painting",
"measurements": "Framed: 185.4 x 276.8 x 3.9 cm (73 x 109 x 1 9/16 in.); Unframed: 182.8 x 274.3 cm (71 15/16 x 108 in.)",
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"depth": 0.039
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"copyright": "\u00a9 Richard Anuszkiewicz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY",
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{
"id": 309579,
"title": "The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years",
"description": "The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).",
"opening_date": "1982-12-22T05:00:00"
},
{
"id": 309861,
"title": "Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection",
"description": "Contemporary Art and Textiles Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 13-August 26, 1984).",
"opening_date": "1984-07-13T04:00:00"
},
{
"id": 181802,
"title": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art",
"description": "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).",
"opening_date": "2006-06-09T00:00:00"
}
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"description": "Kent, OH: Van Deusen Gallery, Kent State University, 1968: \"15 Paintings/Anuszkiewicz,\" cat. no. 14, not reproduced",
"opening_date": "1968-01-01T00:00:00"
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"description": "CMA, 1982: \"The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years,\" cat. no. 96, p. 32, not reproduced",
"opening_date": "1982-01-01T00:00:00"
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"description": "MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): \"The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art\", no. 107, p. 122, color repr. p. 80.",
"opening_date": "2006-06-09T00:00:00"
},
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"description": "\"Contemporary Collection,\" Cleveland Museum of Art (Aug. 17 - Nov. 6, 1983).",
"opening_date": "1983-08-17T00:00:00"
},
{
"description": "\"Richard Anuskiewicz,\" Butler Institute of Art (March 4 - April 1, 1984).",
"opening_date": "1984-03-04T00:00:00"
},
{
"description": "Cleveland Museum of Art, (04//11/2011 - 02/26/2012); \"Op Art\"",
"opening_date": "2012-02-26T00:00:00"
}
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"did_you_know": "From 1948 to 1953, Anuszkiewicz studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art.",
"description": "Anuszkiewicz\u2019s arrangement of six radiating square outlines in blues and greens against a bold red background generates a complex network of nestled diamond patterns primarily through color relationships. Interestingly, the composition\u2019s red background is the uppermost layer of paint. The blue and green \"lines\" are actually large areas of underpaint that were taped off when the red layer was applied, and then uncovered when the tape was removed.",
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"citation": "Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 79-80, no. 107",
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}
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"updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:06:00.202000"
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