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        "tombstone": "Cumulo, 2014. Sanford Biggers (American, b. 1970). Spray paint, interior paint, fabric-treated acrylic paint; overall: 182.8 x 189.2 cm (71 15/16 x 74 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund, 2015.82. \u00a9 Sanford Biggers",
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        "title": "Cumulo",
        "creation_date": "2014",
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        "technique": "Spray paint, interior paint, fabric-treated acrylic paint",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
        "collection": "CONTEMP - Painting",
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        "measurements": "Overall: 182.8 x 189.2 cm (71 15/16 x 74 1/2 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Sanford Biggers",
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            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 443702,
                    "title": "Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus",
                    "description": "<i>Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 20-June 26, 2022).",
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                "description": "Agnes Gund, New York, NY, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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        "did_you_know": "Using spray paint in this work, the artist adds imagery to historic quilts.",
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        "description": "Inspired by research indicating that quilts may have been used as coded signposts along the Underground Railroad, Sanford Biggers began employing them as his canvases. Gold paint and the inclusion of a heavenly body\u2014a cumulus cloud\u2014elevate the status of this quilt, and the women who crafted them, from mundane to sacred. Historically, quilts were often made from fabric scraps by enslaved women. They served as both a conduit for creativity and a way to beautify spaces. \u201cI consider myself a late collaborator,\u201d Biggers states, \u201cworking with this patchwork that goes over a span of decades and generations.\u201d",
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                "citation": "\"Currents and Constellations.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>61, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 23.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 23",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2021-04"
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        "creditline": "Gift of Agnes Gund",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-30 11:07:34.696000"
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