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        "title": "Sarah Bernhardt Reclining on a Divan, Reading",
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                "inscription": "inscribed in blue ink, lower left: \"J-. Clairin (artist's stamp) (Lugt 448)",
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                {
                    "id": 200460,
                    "title": "Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris",
                    "description": "<i>Mary Cassatt and the Feminine Ideal in 19th-Century Paris</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 14, 2012-January 20, 2013).",
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                    "description": "New York: Shepherd Gallery (November 1977-February 1978): \"French Nineteenth Century Drawings-Pastels-Watercolors,\" cat. no. 15, repr.",
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        "description": "Perhaps the most famous actress in the history of the theater, Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was one of the most magnetic personalities of her time and was known by her adoring fans as \"the Divine Sarah.\" Jules Clairin was the favored portraitist of the actress, and depicted her in various roles in more than 100 paintings. In this intimate drawing, the international idol is depicted off stage, probably in her exotically decorated Parisian atelier that overflowed with lush palms, patterned carpets, fringed throws, and Asian bibelots. Quiet in her reverie, the reclining Bernhardt is supported by a tiger skin, the drama of her life momentarily voiced by the roaring animal.",
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