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        "tombstone": "Skywriter, 1971. Christopher Wilmarth (American, 1943\u20131987). Etched glass and wire; diameter: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.); overall: 228.6 cm (90 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Porter, 1982.345",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
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        "measurements": "Diameter: 59 cm (23 1/4 in.); Overall: 228.6 cm (90 in.)",
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                    "description": "Cleveland, OH, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Contemporary Collection (17 August - 6 November 1983).",
                    "opening_date": "1983-08-17T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "CMA 1984: \"Year in Review 1983,\" Bulletin, LXXI (February 1984), p. 72, no. 119",
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        "description": "In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Christopher Wilmarth rejected the rational precision that motivated much minimalist sculpture. He preferred instead to work intuitively in a more expressive style.\r\n\r\nParticularly interested in the ephemeral quality of glass, he exploited its unique characteristics. Wilmarth wrote, \"My work does not spell out, nor does it illustrate meaning. It is an instrument of evocation and requires as catalyst the soul of a sensitive person to engage its process of release, its story, its use.\" In Skywriter, Wilmarth used both clear and etched glass along with metal wire to produce a subtle interplay between shadow and illumination.",
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