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        "tombstone": "Gargoyles at Notre Dame, c. 1935. Pierre Auradon (French, 1900\u20131988). Gelatin silver print; image: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); paper: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George Stephanopoulos, 2018.462",
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        "title": "Gargoyles at Notre Dame",
        "creation_date": "c. 1935",
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        "measurements": "Image: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.); Paper: 17.1 x 12.1 cm (6 3/4 x 4 3/4 in.)",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso, upper left corner: \"PA-32\"",
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                "inscription": "Imprinted in blue ink on verso: \"PHOTO/ PIERRE AURADON\"",
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                {
                    "id": 383281,
                    "title": "Stories from Storage",
                    "description": "<i>Stories from Storage</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 7-May 16, 2021).",
                    "opening_date": "2021-02-06T05:00:00"
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        "did_you_know": "These stone creatures are not medieval; they were added to the famed Parisian cathedral during an 1844 restoration.",
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        "description": "Photography allows us to travel through not just space but also time. We can experience the skyline of Paris in 1935, courtesy of Pierre Auradon. His study of light and shadow, shot on the roof of Notre Dame cathedral, contrasts that massive medieval stone building with the distant, lacy Eiffel Tower, built in 1889. Auradon framed the shot so that the cathedral\u2019s famed chimeras\u2014fanciful hybrid creatures\u2014survey the scene below, ready to swoop down on the city\u2019s inhabitants.",
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        "creditline": "Gift of George Stephanopoulos",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:53:59.285000"
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