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        "tombstone": "Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China, 1986. Lois Conner (American, b. 1951). Platinum print; image: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.); paper: 46.5 x 21.8 cm (18 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); matted: 66 x 35.6 cm (26 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography, 1996.308. \u00a9 Lois Conner",
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        "title": "Buddha, Leshan, Sichuan, China",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
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        "measurements": "Image: 42.6 x 16 cm (16 3/4 x 6 5/16 in.); Paper: 46.5 x 21.8 cm (18 5/16 x 8 9/16 in.); Matted: 66 x 35.6 cm (26 x 14 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Lois Conner",
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                "inscription": "Written in negative: \"CH86134 Le Shan, Sichuan\"; in pencil on recto: \"CH861394.15. 9602 / 131HIc94dc / 60u60d / 180b\"; \"Buddha, Le Shan, Sichuan, China (1986) (64)\"",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 184611,
                    "title": "Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography",
                    "description": "<i>Gifts from the CMA Friends of Photography</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 7, 2002-April 23, 2003).",
                    "opening_date": "2002-12-07T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 298005,
                    "title": "Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art \u2013 Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c",
                    "description": "<i>Inspired by Chinese Landscape and Art \u2013 Chinese Gallery Rotation 240a, 241c</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (August 14, 2017-February 5, 2018).",
                    "opening_date": "2017-08-14T04:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 383281,
                    "title": "Stories from Storage",
                    "description": "<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-02-06T05:00:00"
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        "did_you_know": "This 233-foot-tall stone sculpture was carved by hand from a sandstone cliff.",
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        "description": "Inspired by the elongated scrolls of Chinese landscape painters, Lois Conner uses an antique view camera that yields 7-by-17-inch negatives, well suited to depicting this statue of Buddha. At the top of the image, we glimpse a modern city across the river through the haze. As our eye descends, it echoes the experience of the visitors who climb down to the feet of this ancient monument, built between 713 and 803. Sadly, the sculpture is now imperiled by weathering, air pollution, and the impact of tourists\u2019 visits and, in fall 2020, was endangered by floodwaters.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Friends of Photography",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:04.286000"
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