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        "tombstone": "Wild Things, 2011. Haim Steinbach (American, 1944-). Plastic laminated wood shelf, plastic Massimo Giancon \"Mr. Cold\" soap dispenser, vinyl \"Mega Munny,\" vinyl bull \"Where the Wild Things Are\" figure, rubber dog chew; overall: 102.9 x 184.8 x 48.3 cm (40 1/2 x 72 3/4 x 19 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchased with funds donated by Scott Mueller, 2015.30",
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        "title": "Wild Things",
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            {
                "inscription": "signed on shelf verso",
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                {
                    "id": 441598,
                    "title": "Artlens Exhibition 2019",
                    "description": "<i>Artlens Exhibition 2019</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).",
                    "opening_date": "2019-06-11T04:00:00"
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                    "description": "New York: Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, creature",
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        "did_you_know": "Many of this artist's works consist of arrangements of mass-produced objects, displayed on shelves of his own design.",
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        "description": "How does a seemingly random group of objects\u2014products of society\u2019s wants and needs\u2014relate to each other? Haim Steinbach has been asking this question for several decades through his sculptures comprised of consumer objects he purchased or found and gathered onto shelving. The title of the work has been borrowed from the children\u2019s tale Where the Wild Things Are to which the figure of the bull belongs. Each object has been given human characteristics, calling attention to the personal feelings and attention we invest in inanimate, replaceable things.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:36.035000"
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