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        "title": "In Front of the Mirror (recto); Reclining Male Nude (verso)",
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                "inscription": "stamped, lower left, in purple ink: E Vuillard [Lugt 2497b]",
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        "did_you_know": "Vuillard created this portrait of his sister Marie while she was living at home and working with their mother at her corset- and dressmaking business.",
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