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        "title": "Durga Killing the Demon Mahisha",
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                {
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                    "title": "Indian Kalighat Paintings",
                    "description": "<i>Indian Kalighat Paintings</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 1-September 18, 2011).",
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                    "description": "<em>Indian Gallery Rotation (Gallery 242B)</em>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (April 6-November 7, 2016)",
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        "description": "A ten-armed Durga stands triumphant as she grabs the hair of the buffalo demon\u2019s true form, one foot on his neck, about to plunge the spear into his heart. Interestingly, the demon wears European buckled shoes; this painting was made in the British enclave then known as Calcutta. Made by artists who sold their works in a goddess temple bazaar, this painting was made with rapid brush strokes and thin paint layers on inexpensive paper. Exuberant in their devotional vitality and visceral color sensibilities, Kalighat paintings achieved acclaim among modern artists of the 20th century.",
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                "citation": "Sarma, Deepak. \"Indian Kalighat Paintings.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 51, no. 4 (July/August 2011): 4\u20136.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 5",
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            {
                "citation": "Ellcock, Stephen. <em>The Book of Change: Images to Inspire Revelations and Revolutions.</em> London: September Publishing, 2021.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 238",
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