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        "tombstone": "The Portraits of Violet and Al, c. 1973. William DeLappa (American, 1943\u20132006). 27 gelatin silver prints. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist, 2005.93",
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        "title": "The Portraits of Violet and Al",
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                "inscription": "number in series written in pencil on verso of mount\r\nwritten in black ink on recto of mount: \"William DeLappa (signed) AP\"",
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                    "id": 203510,
                    "title": "Constructed Identities",
                    "description": "<i>Constructed Identities</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2014-April 26, 2015).",
                    "opening_date": "2014-12-14T00:00:00"
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        "description": "This collection of moments from a couple\u2019s daily life and family celebrations between 1947 and the early 1960s \"deals with, to be sure, divorce, or the separation of people,\" said DeLappa. He hired actors and shot the series in Ohio around 1973, explaining, \"[I wanted] to re-create some of the things that I experienced concerning human relationships when I was a teenager . . . overtones of alienation, loneliness, possibly people coming together for the wrong reasons\" amid the stresses of the postwar era. DeLappa used the familiar, comforting aesthetic of the snapshot, adding signs of wear and tear and making typical amateur \"mistakes\" to lend authenticity. His staged photo narrative is a little-known, pioneering example of a genre of photography that would become prevalent in the 1980s.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:52:39.595000"
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