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        "accession_number": "2010.226",
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        "tombstone": "Take a Picture of the Indian/Take a Picture with the Indian , 2000. Zig Jackson (Mandan/ Hidatsa/ Arikara, b. 1957). Gelatin silver print (diptych); paper: 50.2 x 60.4 cm (19 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.); matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.); right image: 35.3 x 25.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.); left image: 35.4 x 26.1 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Friends of Photography, 2010.226. \u00a9 Zig Jackson",
        "current_location": "101B Prints & Drawings",
        "title": "Take a Picture of the Indian/Take a Picture with the Indian ",
        "creation_date": "2000",
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        "creation_date_latest": 2000,
        "artists_tags": [
            "Indigenous",
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        "technique": "gelatin silver print (diptych)",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
        "type": "Photograph",
        "measurements": "Paper: 50.2 x 60.4 cm (19 3/4 x 23 3/4 in.); Matted: 71.1 x 81.3 cm (28 x 32 in.); right image: 35.3 x 25.1 cm (13 7/8 x 9 7/8 in.); left image: 35.4 x 26.1 cm (13 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Zig Jackson",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "Written in black marker on verso: \"Take a picture of the Indian/Take a picture with the Indians/Cherokee N.C. Zig Jackson, Mandan. Hidatsa, Arikara\"",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 198065,
                    "title": "The American Indian Image: Photographs by Edward S. Curtis and Zig Jackson ",
                    "description": "<i>The American Indian Image: Photographs by Edward S. Curtis and Zig Jackson </i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 30, 2010).",
                    "opening_date": "2010-02-07T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 695926,
                    "title": "still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper",
                    "description": "<i>still/emerging: Native American Works on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-June 7, 2026).",
                    "opening_date": "2026-02-01T05:00:00"
                }
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            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "CMA, February 7, 2010 - May 30, 2010: \"The American Indian Image: Photographs by Edward S. Curtis and Zig Jackson,\" exhibited in the East Wing Photography Exhibition gallery.",
                    "opening_date": "2010-02-07T00:00:00"
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            "12.2010"
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        "description": "Zig Jackson travels with his camera to different\rAmerican Indian reservations, visiting former\rschoolmates and friends and taking pictures.\rWhile driving through Cherokee, North Carolina,\rhe observed billboards inviting tourists to \u201cTake\r<br>a Picture with an Indian.\u201d Jackson spent the day\rspeaking with a tribal elder about his life and\rfamily and documenting the method by which\rhe made a living\u2014posing with tourists for a fee.\rCommitted to showing the daily life and reality\r<br>of Indigenous populations, Jackson\u2019s diptych\rhighlights the cliches perpetuated by literature and\rthe media that many people still hold about Native\rAmericans in the United States.",
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        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2010.226",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Friends of Photography",
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        "gallery_donor_text": "These Galleries are the Gift of James and Hanna Bartlett",
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                "description": "Zig Jackson (Mandan/ Hidatsa/ Arikara, b. 1957)",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2010-09-07T00:00:00",
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        "alternate_titles": [
            "Take a Picture of the Indian, Take a Picture with the Indian (diptych)"
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:09:39.690000"
    }
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