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        "tombstone": "Man on a Plain (Self-portrait) (Mann in der Ebene [Selbstbildnis]), 1917. Erich Heckel (German, 1883\u20131970). Woodcut on wove paper; image: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.); sheet: 70 x 55.9 cm (27 9/16 x 22 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan, 2016.598. \u00a9 Artists Right Society (ARS), New York",
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        "title": "Man on a Plain (Self-portrait) (Mann in der Ebene [Selbstbildnis])",
        "creation_date": "1917",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1917,
        "creation_date_latest": 1917,
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            "male"
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        "culture": [
            "Germany"
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        "technique": "woodcut on wove paper",
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        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Woodcut",
        "type": "Print",
        "measurements": "Image: 37.8 x 28.3 cm (14 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.); Sheet: 70 x 55.9 cm (27 9/16 x 22 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
            "image": {
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                "height_inch": 14,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.875,
                "width": 0.283,
                "width_inch": 11,
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        "edition_of_the_work": "Proof before the edition of 40 published in Eleven Woodcuts, 1912\u20131919 (Elf Holzschnitte, 1912\u20131919)",
        "copyright": "\u00a9 Artists Right Society (ARS), New York",
        "inscriptions": [
            {
                "inscription": "Recto: lower right margin, in graphite: Erich Heckel 17 [cursive; signature]; lower left corner, in graphite: Mann in der Ebene 1917 [cursive]; lower center, in graphite: 2 [between two arrows, pointing away from the number \u20182\u2019] lower center edge, in graphite: image only [cursive]; Verso: Lower right, in graphite: Do not cut Print [cursive; underlined]; lower edge, in graphite: D-13252; lower edge, in graphite: 22 \u00be x 29 \u00bc;  lower edge, in graphite: 154-B; lower edge, in graphite: 252-a; lower edge, in graphite: 5-7 1-1 \u00bd; lower edge, in graphite: For Pic [?; cursive]",
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                {
                    "id": 299699,
                    "title": "Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper",
                    "description": "<i>Graphic Discontent: German Expressionism on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (January 14-May 27, 2018).",
                    "opening_date": "2018-01-14T05:00:00"
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        "description": "Erich Heckel made this woodcut while he was working as a wartime ambulance driver in Ostend, Belgium; it portrays his own perception of the oppressiveness of war. Avoiding overt signs of the conflict, Heckel instead depicted himself on the verge of despair, his hands clasped to his head. The jagged lines of the sky relay the weight of the world. He used a gouged woodblock to create a landscape full of movement yet desolate, one that offers no escape from the suffering.",
        "external_resources": {
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        },
        "citations": [],
        "catalogue_raisonne": "Dube 305, state II/II [state IIA, outside the edition of 40]",
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2016.598",
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        "creditline": "Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Davis in memory of Harvey Buchanan and Penelope Draper Buchanan",
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                "description": "Erich Heckel (German, 1883\u20131970)",
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                "biography": "German painter and printmaker, 1883-1970",
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        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2017-02-27T00:00:00-05:00",
        "sortable_date": 1917,
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        "date_text": "1917",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:42.278000"
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