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        "tombstone": "Matrix Series: Catenary Ellipsoid...Bi, 2010. Brent Kee Young (American, b. 1946). Lampwork glass; overall: 88.9 x 55.9 x 28 cm (35 x 22 x 11 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Linda Burwasser Schneider, 2010.156",
        "current_location": "228A Cleveland Artists",
        "title": "Matrix Series: Catenary Ellipsoid...Bi",
        "creation_date": "2010",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Sculpture",
        "type": "Glass",
        "measurements": "Overall: 88.9 x 55.9 x 28 cm (35 x 22 x 11 in.)",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 198152,
                    "title": "In Honor of The Cleveland Arts Prize",
                    "description": "<i>In Honor of The Cleveland Arts Prize</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (June 13, 2010-March 13, 2011).",
                    "opening_date": "2010-06-13T00:00:00"
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                {
                    "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art (06/13/2010 - 03/13/2011): \"In Honor of the Cleveland Arts Prize\"",
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        "did_you_know": "The artist defined form using only light and line in this sculpture.",
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        "description": "Young's latest work consists of thin rods of Pyrex glass that are heated and assembled with great facility into web-like sculptures that, in his words, address the question, \"Can form be defined using only light and line?\"Many of the resulting pieces reveal the artist's keen interests in calculus and geometry. In this example, two catenary curves have been \"rotated\" into a three-dimensional form that is suspended amid a rectilinear compositional base, which, in turn, is bisected down its middle.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60780769"
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        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Williams, Kesha. \"The Art of Intersection.\" <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>51, no. 1 (January/February 2011): 4-5.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 5",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2011-01/page/4/mode/2up"
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        "creditline": "Gift of Linda Burwasser Schneider",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:05.782000"
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