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        "tombstone": "Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative: Scenes 3, 4, and 5, 2000\u20132002. Andrew Raftery (American, b. 1962). Three sheets of paper joined by tape, each with a printed scene; engraving from four plates on four sheets of paper (three joined); paper folder; sheet: 49.5 x 107 cm (19 1/2 x 42 1/8 in.); matted: 53.7 x 111 x 0.3 cm (21 1/8 x 43 11/16 x 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of friends in memory of Ann Bassett and Tom Johnson, 2003.15.2. \u00a9 Courtesy of the Artist and Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY",
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        "title": "Suit Shopping: An Engraved Narrative: Scenes 3, 4, and 5",
        "creation_date": "2000\u20132002",
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        "creation_date_latest": 2002,
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            "male"
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            "America, late 20th-early 21st century"
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        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Engraving",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 49.5 x 107 cm (19 1/2 x 42 1/8 in.); Matted: 53.7 x 111 x 0.3 cm (21 1/8 x 43 11/16 x 1/8 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Courtesy of the Artist and Mary Ryan Gallery, New York, NY",
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                "inscription": "1 plate, single sheet: in graphite, lower margin: 9/30 Andrew Raftery 2002.\r\n3 plates on 3 sheets joined together:  in graphite, lower margin: 9/30 Andrew Raftery 2002\r\n",
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                    "title": "Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now",
                    "description": "<i>Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 22-July 26, 2015).",
                    "opening_date": "2015-03-22T00:00:00"
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        "description": "Raftery depicts the habits and mores of average Americans\u2014the ordinary events of modern life\u2014often humorously. \"Shopping for a suit is a cultural remnant, it is an event in a man's life,\" the artist explains. \"I was thinking about male vanity.\" Raftery presents such mundane situations as straightforward, old-fashioned narratives, allowing the story to unfold in a series of related scenes. Engraving is exacting and difficult, so few artists today choose this printmaking method. Raftery, however, has mastered the art of cutting grooves into a copper plate. Since paper currency is printed from metal plates engraved in the same way, he likes the implied connection between the technique and monetary power and authority.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-06-10 19:47:06.972000"
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