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        "tombstone": "The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Man Smoking), 1990. Carrie Mae Weems (American, b. 1953). Platinum print; image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2008.116.2. \u00a9 Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.",
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        "title": "The Kitchen Table Series: Untitled (Man Smoking)",
        "creation_date": "1990",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
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        "measurements": "Image: 38.1 x 38.1 cm (15 x 15 in.); Paper: 50.8 x 50.8 cm (20 x 20 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Carrie Mae Weems. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York.",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso of each platinum print: \"Carrie M. Weems (signed) 2003 2/10\"",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "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"
                },
                {
                    "id": 230626,
                    "title": "Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video",
                    "description": "<i>Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 30-September 29, 2013).",
                    "opening_date": "2012-09-21T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 380325,
                    "title": "Picturing Motherhood Now",
                    "description": "<i>Picturing Motherhood Now</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 16, 2021-March 13, 2022).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-10-16T04:00:00"
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        "description": "In <em>Untitled (Kitchen Table Series)</em> Carrie Mae Weems staged and photographed a fictional drama, playing the lead role herself. In the context of a simple setting that remains constant\u2014the artist\u2019s own kitchen table\u2014the series explores the <br>shifting roles occupied by the strong central female character: lover, friend, and mother. Together the images and texts suggest that while the woman is many things to others, she is first and foremost rooted in herself. The authority of the protagonist in <em>Untitled (Kitchen Table Series)</em> has had an enduring impact for over three decades since this iconic work was created.",
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            {
                "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 316",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Liebert, Emily, Nadiah Fellah, and William Griswold. <em>Picturing Motherhood Now.</em> Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art, 2021.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 49, fig. 20.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:01:20.276000"
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