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        "tombstone": "The Thinkers, 2014. Vik Muniz (American, b. 1961). Digital chromogenic print; framed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.); unframed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 2015.16. \u00a9  Vik Muniz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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        "title": "The Thinkers",
        "creation_date": "2014",
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        "technique": "digital chromogenic print",
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        "department": "Photography",
        "collection": "PH - American 1951-Present",
        "type": "Photograph",
        "measurements": "Framed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.); Unframed: 270.4 x 180.3 cm (106 7/16 x 71 in.)",
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        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": "edition of 6",
        "copyright": "\u00a9  Vik Muniz / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 203110,
                    "title": "BIG: Photographs from the Collection",
                    "description": "<i>BIG: Photographs from the Collection</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 12-October 9, 2016).",
                    "opening_date": "2016-06-04T04:00:00"
                }
            ],
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        "did_you_know": "Just as the museum is a storehouse for civilizations\u2019 cultural past, <em>The Thinkers</em> is a repository for individuals\u2019 pasts.",
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        "description": "Scale is a critical component in the experience of viewing this photographic enlargement of a collage<em>.</em> From a distance, you see a couple posing around 1940 by Rodin\u2019s <em>The Thinker</em> at the south facade of the Cleveland Museum of Art. When approached, that image dissolves into hundreds of snippets of other people\u2019s family photos pasted together. Even the overall image is based on a snapshot from the artist\u2019s collection of found photographs. Their original context and meaning have been lost, yet the images evoke nostalgia for our own family mementos and encourage us to think about the nature and uses of photography then and now.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80084539"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Lago, Pedro Corre\u0302a do. <em>Vik Muniz: Catalogue Raisonne\u0301, 1987-2015: Everything So Far = Tudo Ate\u0301 Agora.</em> [Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]: Capivara, 2015.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: Vol. 2, P. 852",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide.</em> [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 78-79",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara. \u201cAcquisitions 2015: Photography.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 28-29.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 29",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-02"
            },
            {
                "citation": "Ollman, Arthur. \"Vik Muniz: The Rebirth of Wonder.\" In <em>Vik Muniz</em>. Arthur Ollman and Diana Wechsler,11-55. Munich : DelMonico Books ; Minneapolis : Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, 2016.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 35, mentioned: p. 45",
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        "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:35.925000"
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