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        "tombstone": "Balto's Friends: Millipedes, 1994, printed 2000. Judith K. McMillan (American, b. 1945). Gelatin silver print, toned; image: 20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.); paper: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 2003.236.5",
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        "title": "Balto's Friends: Millipedes",
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        "measurements": "Image: 20.8 x 16.5 cm (8 3/16 x 6 1/2 in.); Paper: 25.3 x 20.3 cm (9 15/16 x 8 in.); Matted: 45.7 x 35.6 cm (18 x 14 in.)",
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            {
                "inscription": "written in pencil on mat: \"Judith K. McMillan, 1999 A/P1\"; on verso: \"OPTIC EXPLORATION: PAPAVER AND COLUMBINE/ Judith K. McMillan [signed] 1999 A/P 1\"",
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                {
                    "id": 178383,
                    "title": "Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art",
                    "description": "<i>Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 3, 2004).",
                    "opening_date": "2004-07-24T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 7/24/04 - 11/3/04. \"Trophies of the Hunt: Capturing Nature as Art\".  No exhibition catalogue.",
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        "description": "Judith K. McMillan (American, born 1945)\r\nBalto\u2019s Friends: Millipedes, 1994\r\nGelatin silver prints, toned (printed 2000)\r\nGift of the Artist 2003.236.5\r\nThe six photographs called Balto\u2019s Friends are named after the famous sled dog whose team delivered serum to Nome, Alaska, saving the area from diphtheria in 1925. For a number of years, McMillan has photographed in the research collections of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, where the taxidermized body of Balto resides. Balto\u2019s many \"friends\" are in storage and are seldom seen by the general public. The creatures in these photographs were collected for the sake of scientific interest, then categorized, arranged into groups, and labeled. Depicting the museum\u2019s collections not as subjects for study, but as still-life compositions possessing what the artist has called an \"exquisite variety and pure beauty,\" McMillan discovered an aesthetic interest that is far from scientific.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:26.190000"
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