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"tombstone": "Large Head, 1993. Lucian Freud (British, 1922\u20132011), published by Matthew Marks Gallery. Etching with scraping and burnishing; sheet: 79.3 x 63.4 cm (31 1/4 x 24 15/16 in.); platemark: 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1996.233",
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"inscription": "lower left, in graphite: 33/40; signed, lower right, in graphite: LF",
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"title": "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions",
"description": "Contemporary Prints: Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 21, 1997).",
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"title": "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now",
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"did_you_know": "The artist of this work, Lucien Freud, was the grandson of Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis.",
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"description": "The British artist Lucien Freud was known for portraiture, aiming to produce images that were \"of the people not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, [but rather] being them.\" This image depicts performance artist Leigh Bowery, known for his elaborate costumes and makeup. Bowery became one of Freud's favorite subjects after they met in 1988 and he sat for numerous painted and printed portraits.",
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"citation": "\"PRINTS & PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED.\" The Print Collector's Newsletter 24, no. 5 (1993): 185-88.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: p.186",
"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/24555519"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Annual Report 1996. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1997.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 51; Reproduced: p. 40",
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"citation": "Glaubinger, Jane. \u201cFresh Prints: Take a look at the museum\u2019s contemporary print acquisitions over the past 25 years.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 55, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 4-5.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 5",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-02"
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"catalogue_raisonne": "Hartley 47; Hartley and Blanchebarbe 19",
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