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        "tombstone": "Untitled, c. 1947. Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902\u20131982). Watercolor and ink on paper; sheet: 48.9 x 62 cm (19 1/4 x 24 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Jo Hershey Selden Fund, 2019.174. \u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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        "title": "Untitled",
        "creation_date": "c. 1947",
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        "technique": "watercolor and ink on paper",
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        "department": "Drawings",
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        "type": "Drawing",
        "measurements": "Sheet: 48.9 x 62 cm (19 1/4 x 24 7/16 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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            {
                "inscription": "stamped signature at lower right: WiLam",
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                {
                    "id": 373919,
                    "title": "A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America",
                    "description": "<i>A Graphic Revolution: Prints and Drawings in Latin America</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 14-August 2, 2020).",
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                "description": "(Galleria Ferrari, Treviglio, Italy)",
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            },
            {
                "description": "Private Collection, Paris, France",
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                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "?-?",
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            },
            {
                "description": "(Galerie Boulakia, Paris, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)",
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                "date": "?-2019",
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                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "September 9, 2019",
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        "did_you_know": "The birdlike creatures seen in this drawing recurred throughout Lam\u2019s work during about six years that he spent in Cuba.",
        "description": "This untitled drawing by Cuban-African artist Wifredo Lam was created after the artist returned to his native country following time spent working in Europe. Back in Havana, Lam explored the religions practiced there, especially Santer\u00eda and Voudou. The emphasis of both on the supernatural inspired a series of imaginative compositions, including the one seen here, which features winged creatures marked with areas of bright color.",
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                "citation": "<em>Wifredo Lam: Cuba, Italia, Un precorso</em>. Exh. Cat. Milan: Galleria Gruppo Credito Valtellinese Refettorio delle Stelline, 2002.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 117 and 173, no. 69; Reproduced: p. 117",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Maximin, Daniel. <em>Wifredo Lam: L\u2019Oiseau du possible, Works from 1930 to 1978</em>. Exh. Cat. Paris: Galerie Boulakia, 2004.",
                "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 56; Reproduced: p. 57",
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            },
            {
                "citation": "Salsbury, Britany. \u201cA Graphic Revolution: Through prints and drawings, Latin American artists helped spur social change.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 34-35.<br><br> <br><br>vvvv",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: P. 34; Mentioned: P. 35.",
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        "creditline": "Jo Hershey Selden Fund",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:07:57.502000"
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