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        "tombstone": "The River (State), 2003. Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923\u20132015). Lithograph; sheet: 101.6 x 276.9 cm (40 x 109 in.); framed: 120.6 x 295.8 x 8.9 cm (47 1/2 x 116 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro, 2004.66. \u00a9 Ellsworth Kelly",
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        "title": "The River (State)",
        "creation_date": "2003",
        "creation_date_earliest": 2003,
        "creation_date_latest": 2003,
        "artists_tags": [
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            "male"
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            "America"
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        ],
        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Lithograph",
        "type": "Print",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 101.6 x 276.9 cm (40 x 109 in.); Framed: 120.6 x 295.8 x 8.9 cm (47 1/2 x 116 7/16 x 3 1/2 in.)",
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            "sheet": {
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        "edition_of_the_work": "10",
        "copyright": "\u00a9 Ellsworth Kelly",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 203895,
                    "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": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (3/22/2015 - 7/26/2015); \"Fresh Prints: The Nineties to Now\"",
                    "opening_date": "2015-03-22T00:00:00"
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        "description": "During a visit to Basel, Switzerland, Ellsworth Kelly stood on the balcony of his hotel room one evening and became mesmerized by the reflections of the lights from a nearby bridge onto the rapid and rugged flow of the Rhine River. The scene inspired Kelly to execute <em>The River (State)</em> at Gemini G.E.L., an important printmaking workshop in Los Angeles which has a press large enough to produce this monumental lithograph printed in gray and two shades of black. Juxtaposing four equal vertical sections, each of which depicts the river at a different angle, intensifies the sensations of shimmering light and rushing water. Kelly is most well-known for paintings, prints, and sculptures that are brightly colored, free-form shapes. These, as well as all of his work, have their initial basis in nature, in actual perceptions of the world. A particular configuration\u2014an open doorway, the gentle curve of a hill, light reflected on water\u2014will seize his attention. He distills this observed form into pure, abstract shape.",
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79989687"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Glaubinger, Jane. \"Fresh Prints: Take a look at the museum's contemporary print acquisitions over the past 25 years.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 55, no. 2 (March/April 2015): 4-5.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 4; Mentioned: p. 4, 5",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2015-02"
            }
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        "creditline": "Gift of Agnes Gund and Daniel Shapiro",
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                "description": "Ellsworth Kelly (American, 1923\u20132015)",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2004-09-07T00:00:00",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:32.515000"
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