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        "tombstone": "1200 Meditation, Things My Mother Gave Me, 2005. Cecil McDonald (American, b. 1965). Inkjet print, Epson; image: 43.5 x 59.9 cm (17 1/8 x 23 9/16 in.); paper: 51.3 x 70 cm (20 3/16 x 27 9/16 in.); matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography, 2007.178. \u00a9 Cecil McDonald Jr.",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Cecil McDonald Jr.",
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            {
                "inscription": "written in pencil on verso: \"1200 Meditation, things my mother gave me/Cecil McDonald (signed)/ 1 of 12, 2005\"",
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                    "id": 197898,
                    "title": "Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present",
                    "description": "<i>Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 1-September 13, 2009).",
                    "opening_date": "2009-06-01T00:00:00"
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                    "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/01/2009 - 09/13/2009); \"Portraiture: American Photography 1960 to the Present\"",
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        "description": "The Chicago-based artist Cecil McDonald utilizes his training in fashion and photography to restage scenes from his family\u2019s domestic life. His purposefully arranged, carefully lit scenes give the viewer a glimpse into the private world of the photographer\u2019s family while calling attention to the themes of gender, race, and class. This colorful photograph, from McDonald\u2019s well-known series \u201cDomestic Observations and Occurrences,\u201d portrays\r\nhis two teenaged daughters interacting in their home. He complicates the boundaries between public and private for viewers by stylizing his family\u2019s\r\ndaily routine.\r\nGift of Friends of Photography 2007.178",
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