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        "tombstone": "Somnyama II, Oslo, 2015. Zanele Muholi (South African, b. 1972). Gelatin silver print; image: 49.5 x 43.2 cm (19 1/2 x 17 in.); framed: 52.2 x 45.2 x 4.4 cm (20 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund, 2016.40. \u00a9 Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg",
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        "title": "Somnyama II, Oslo",
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        "department": "Photography",
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        "measurements": "Image: 49.5 x 43.2 cm (19 1/2 x 17 in.); Framed: 52.2 x 45.2 x 4.4 cm (20 9/16 x 17 13/16 x 1 3/4 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "Edition of 8",
        "copyright": "\u00a9 Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson Gallery, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg",
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        "exhibitions": {
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                {
                    "id": 317308,
                    "title": "Beyond Truth: Photography after the Shutter",
                    "description": "<i>Beyond Truth: Photography after the Shutter</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2019).",
                    "opening_date": "2019-02-10T05:00:00"
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                "description": "Zanele Muholi (the artist) [1972-]",
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                "date": "2015-2016",
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                "date": "June 9, 2016",
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        "did_you_know": "This self-portrait is from a series called <em>Hail the Dark Lioness</em>.",
        "description": "Zanele Muholi\u2019s bold, self-possessed stare and high piles of tresses suggest the power of 17th-century French kings and of kings of the jungle, but white and gold are replaced by dark tones. \u201cBy exaggerating the darkness of my skin tone,\u201d says Muholi, \u201cI'm reclaiming my blackness, which I feel is continuously performed by the privileged other.\u201d",
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                "citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara. \u201cAcquisition Highlights 2016: Photography.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 57, no. 2 (March/April 2017): 26-27.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 26; Mentioned: P. 7, 26",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2017-02/page/n13/mode/2up"
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            {
                "citation": "Tannenbaum, Barbara. \u201cBeyond Truth: The camera may never lie but the photographer might.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>59, no. 1 (January/February 2019): 8-9.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 9; Mentioned: P. 8",
                "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2019-01/page/n3/mode/2up"
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        "creditline": "Dudley P. Allen Fund",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-26 23:59:05.424000"
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