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        "tombstone": "Yozo Hamaguchi Prints, 1978. Yozo Hamaguchi (Japanese, 1909\u20132000). Color mezzotint. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland in memory of Moselle Taylor Meals, 1979.29",
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                    "id": 304408,
                    "title": "Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979",
                    "description": "<i>Gifts of the Print Club of Cleveland, 1969 - 1979</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 4, 1979-January 27, 1980).",
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                    "title": "Year in Review: 1979",
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        "description": "Yozo Hamaguchi learned mezzotint while studying painting and engraving in Paris in the 1930s. Invented in the 17th century, mezzotint mimics the quality associated with oils; its velvety texture and finely gradated tonal values make it the perfect printmaking technique to reproduce paintings. Difficult and laborious, mezzotint was rarely used by the 20th century, but Hamaguchi sparked a revival with his original designs of subtle, refined beauty. The artist\u2019s prints illustrate the importance of placement, pattern, and selectivity in Japanese art. Concentrating on a single modest motif, Hamaguchi created an intense, restrained, and magical ambiance.",
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                "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \u201cThe Year in Review for 1979.\u201d <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 67, no. 3 (March 1980): 58\u201399.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 97, nos. 62-67",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-07 11:08:46.431000"
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