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        "tombstone": "Large Sue, 1995. Lucian Freud (British, 1922\u20132011), Matthew Marks Gallery. Etching; sheet: 82.4 x 67.2 cm (32 7/16 x 26 7/16 in.); platemark: 73 x 59.3 cm (28 3/4 x 23 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.232",
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        "title": "Large Sue",
        "creation_date": "1995",
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        "collection": "PR - Etching",
        "type": "Print",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 82.4 x 67.2 cm (32 7/16 x 26 7/16 in.); Platemark: 73 x 59.3 cm (28 3/4 x 23 3/8 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "36, plus 12 artist's proofs, and 2 printer's proofs",
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        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "lower left, in graphite: 30/36; signed, lower right, in graphite: L.F",
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        ],
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                {
                    "id": 190040,
                    "title": "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions",
                    "description": "<i>Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).",
                    "opening_date": "1997-04-19T00:00:00"
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                {
                    "description": "Cleveland, Ohio:  The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/97 - 7/21/97.  \"Contemporary Prints:  Recent Acquisitions.\"",
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                "description": "purchased from (Matthew Marks Gallery, NY)",
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        "did_you_know": "This print depicts Sue Tilley, a friend and favorite model of the artist\u2019s.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "Freud's etchings have aptly been described as having the power to \"turn candor into uncomfortable truth.\" Discussing his choice of subject matter, his rejection of Surrealism and his preference for brutally honest realism, Freud said, \"I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me. That would be a pointless lie, a mere bit of artfulness.\" Freud presents the figure without idealization, and, helping to focus our attention, he has omitted the furniture on which the model is seated.",
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        "citations": [],
        "catalogue_raisonne": "Hartley and Blanchebarbe 22",
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        "alternate_images": [],
        "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "1996-06-03T00:00:00",
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        "impression": "30/36",
        "alternate_titles": [],
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:03.398000"
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