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        "tombstone": "Phenomena When I Looked Away, 1960. Paul Jenkins (American, 1923\u20132012). Oil and enamel on canvas; unframed: 197.8 x 157.8 cm (77 7/8 x 62 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Suzanne Jenkins, 2015.160",
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        "title": "Phenomena When I Looked Away",
        "creation_date": "1960",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1960,
        "creation_date_latest": 1960,
        "artists_tags": [
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        "technique": "oil and enamel on canvas",
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        "department": "American Painting and Sculpture",
        "collection": "American - Painting",
        "type": "Painting",
        "measurements": "Unframed: 197.8 x 157.8 cm (77 7/8 x 62 1/8 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "unframed": {
                "height": 1.978,
                "height_inch": 77,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.875,
                "width": 1.578,
                "width_inch": 62,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.125
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            "legacy": [
                {
                    "description": "\"Paul Jenkins,\" Esther-Robles Gallery, Los Angeles, January 8-27, 1962.",
                    "opening_date": "1962-01-08T05:00:00Z"
                },
                {
                    "description": "\"Paul Jenkins Retrospective,\" The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 12-December 12, 1971; traveled to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, January 6-February 27, 1972.",
                    "opening_date": "1971-10-12T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "[The painting was used as a prop in A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries, directed by James Ivory, 1998.]",
                    "opening_date": "1998-01-01T00:00:00"
                },
                {
                    "description": "\"Paul Jenkins, 1954-1960: The Early Years in New York and Paris,\" Emily Lowe Gallery, Hofstra Museum, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, September 7-Deember 17, 1999.",
                    "opening_date": "1999-12-17T05:00:00Z"
                },
                {
                    "description": "\"Paul Jenkins: Paintings, 1954-1960,\" The Redfern Gallery, London, October 25-November 24, 2005.",
                    "opening_date": "2005-10-25T00:00:00"
                }
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        "did_you_know": "Initially interested in theater, the young Jenkins obtained a fellowship at the Cleveland Play House.",
        "early_education_description": null,
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        "description": "Intermingled pools of vibrant color offset against dusky fields demonstrate Jenkins\u2019s considerable command in manipulating the fluidities of oil and enamel paint in Phenomena When I Looked Away. Its title references the artist\u2019s interest in Johann Wolfgang von Goethe\u2019s studies in perception, in particular the observation that afterimages persist on the retina when one turns quickly from bright light toward darkness. In fact, Jenkins\u2019s original title for the work was Phenomena When G Looked Away, with \u201cG\u201d alluding to Goethe.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60493628"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "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. 80",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Cole, Mark. \u201cAcquisitions 2015: American Art.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 30.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 30",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2016-02"
            }
        ],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.160",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Suzanne Jenkins",
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                "description": "Paul Jenkins (American, 1923\u20132012)",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2015-12-07T00:00:00",
        "sortable_date": 1960,
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        "date_text": "1960",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:45:40.247000"
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