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        "accession_number": "2001.256",
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        "tombstone": "Source, 1967. Tony Smith (American, 1912\u20131980). Painted steel; overall: 335.2 x 899.1 x 1036.3 cm (131 15/16 x 354 x 408 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, 2001.256. \u00a9 Estate of Tony Smith / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
        "current_location": "NG North Sculpture Garden",
        "title": "Source",
        "creation_date": "1967",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
        "collection": "CONTEMP - Sculpture",
        "type": "Sculpture",
        "measurements": "Overall: 335.2 x 899.1 x 1036.3 cm (131 15/16 x 354 x 408 in.)",
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                "height_inch": 131,
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                "width": 8.991,
                "width_inch": 354,
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Estate of Tony Smith / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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                "description": "Artist's studio",
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                "date": "1967\u20131977?",
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                "description": "Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "1977?\u20132001",
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        "did_you_know": "The name of this sculpture was inspired by the French realist painter Gustave Courbet's <em>The Source of the Loue</em> (1864).",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "Considered a forerunner of minimalism, Smith created monumental sculptures in geometric forms often inspired by nature. Source possesses a balance between mass and volume, creating a playful energy that spills over into the public space.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60780986"
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                "citation": "Paine, Shelley Reisman. \"A Tale of Tony Smith.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 51, no. 4 (July/August 2011): 19-21.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 19-21",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2011-04/page/18/mode/2up"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Lippard, Lucy R. <em>Tony Smith</em>. New York: H.N. Abrams, 1972.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Storr, Robert, John Keenen, and Joan Pachner. <em>Tony Smith: Architect, Painter, Sculptor.</em> New York: The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998.",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Voorhies, James, and Sarah Auld. <em>Tony Smith Sculpture: Catalogue Raisonn</em>e\u0301. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2024.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 312-313, no. 54.01",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Arzuaga, Rachel and Beth Edelstein. \"Building and Grounds. Encounter the Grounds Anew: Interpretation and Conservation's Updated Outdoor Map.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>65, no. 1 (2025): 6-7.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 22",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2025-01"
            }
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        "creditline": "Gift of the Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company",
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        "gallery_donor_text": "Donna and Stewart Kohl Sculpture Garden",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-14 11:34:14.433000"
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