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        "tombstone": "Mummified Porsche, From the Area of the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, Egypt (R3/=), 1986. Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945\u20132017). Toned gelatin silver print; image: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.); paper: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2012.340. \u00a9 Patrick Nagatani",
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        "title": "Mummified Porsche, From the Area of the Tomb of Horemheb, Saqqara, Egypt (R3/=)",
        "creation_date": "1986",
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            "male"
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        "technique": "toned gelatin silver print",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
        "type": "Photograph",
        "measurements": "Image: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.); Paper: 20.2 x 25.1 cm (7 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Patrick Nagatani",
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                "inscription": "Written in black marker in bottom margin of recto: \"MUMMIFIED PORSCHE, FROM THE AREA OF THE TOMB OF HOREMHEB, SAQQARA, EGYPT 1986/2001 R3/(symbol?) PATRICK NAGATANI (signed)\"",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 203510,
                    "title": "Constructed Identities",
                    "description": "<i>Constructed Identities</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 14, 2014-April 26, 2015).",
                    "opening_date": "2014-12-14T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "id": 202979,
                    "title": "Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt",
                    "description": "<i>Pyramids & Sphinxes: Views of Egypt</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 6-May 24, 2016).",
                    "opening_date": "2016-02-06T00:00:00"
                }
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        "description": "This scene is part of a saga of archaeological exploration imagined and brought to life by Nagatani. Traveling the globe between 1985 and 2000, a Japanese scientist named Ryoichi (the artist\u2019s alter ego) led a team of scientists and archaeologists to document 13 of 30 archaeological sites, each of which contains a remarkably well-preserved, low-mileage automobile that <em>must </em>have been buried there <em>centuries </em>earlier. Photographs, stills from video documentation,artifacts,and pages from Ryoichi\u2019s journal serve as scientific \u201cproof \u201d that time may not be linear. \u201cIf fiction has given more to us than fact, then this is the greatest truth,\u201d writes Ryoichi/ Nagatani at the final site.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of George Stephanopoulos",
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                "description": "Patrick Nagatani (American, 1945\u20132017)",
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        "accession_date": "2012-12-03T00:00:00",
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        "impression": "22",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-26 23:59:08.514000"
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