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        "accession_number": "2019.36",
        "share_license_status": "Copyrighted",
        "tombstone": "Patina Necklace, c. 1955. Arthur George (Art) Smith, (American, 1917\u20131982). Silver; 28.3 x 15.6 x 0.6 cm (11 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Museum purchase from various donors by exchange, 2019.36. \u00a9 The Estate of Art Smith",
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        "title": "Patina Necklace",
        "creation_date": "c. 1955",
        "creation_date_earliest": 1955,
        "creation_date_latest": 1955,
        "artists_tags": [
            "LGBTQ+ (after 1900)",
            "male",
            "Black American Artists"
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            "America"
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        "technique": "silver",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Jewelry",
        "measurements": "28.3 x 15.6 x 0.6 cm (11 1/8 x 6 1/8 x 1/4 in.)",
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                "height": 0.283,
                "height_inch": 11,
                "height_inch_fraction": 0.125,
                "width": 0.156,
                "width_inch": 6,
                "width_inch_fraction": 0.125,
                "depth": 0.006,
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                "depth_inch_fraction": 0.25
            }
        },
        "state_of_the_work": null,
        "edition_of_the_work": null,
        "copyright": "\u00a9 The Estate of Art Smith",
        "inscriptions": [],
        "exhibitions": {
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            "legacy": []
        },
        "provenance": [
            {
                "description": "Private Collector, Washington, DC",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "c. 1955-?",
                "sortorder": 1
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            {
                "description": "330 Gallery, Hudson, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
                "citations": [],
                "footnotes": null,
                "date": "?-2019",
                "sortorder": 2
            },
            {
                "description": "The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH",
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                "footnotes": [],
                "date": "2019-",
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        "did_you_know": "Art Smith was an African American artisan jeweler who created bold, expressive jewelry while living in New York City\u2019s Greenwich Village in the 1950s and 1960s.",
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        "description": "<em>Patina</em> is an iconic necklace design from one of the most innovative American artisan jewelers of the 20th century, Art Smith. Living and working in New York City\u2019s Greenwich Village, Smith created bold, expressive jewelry that reflected similar trends in architecture, interior design, and fashion. Smith\u2019s work is sculptural, referencing the biomorphic, asymmetrical work of Alexander Calder and Harry Bertoia, among others. His work is also technically challenging, incorporating precise volumes and weights so that the components will hang properly; contours that cling to the body as if an extension of it; and intricate finishing to achieve just the right amount of surface texture\u2014an aspect so important to this design that he named it <em>Patina.</em>",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q79876109"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [],
        "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.36",
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        "creditline": "Museum purchase from various donors by exchange",
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        "athena_id": 342262,
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                "id": 342258,
                "description": "Arthur George (Art) Smith, (American, 1917\u20131982)",
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                "role": "artist",
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                "name_in_original_language": null,
                "birth_year": "1917",
                "death_year": "1982",
                "use_in_caption": true,
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        ],
        "legal_status": "accessioned",
        "accession_date": "2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00",
        "sortable_date": 1955,
        "date_added_to_oa": null,
        "date_text": "c. 1955",
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        "on_loan": false,
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        "record_type": "object",
        "conservation_statement": "The artwork is a necklace of roughly textured, crescent-shaped elements that form an open arc. Two flattened wires are soldered together to form the neck piece and then curve down at the proper right and attach to a conforming, attenuated crescent. At the top proper left, a small crescent with a central oval cutout cradles the curve of the neckline. At the bottom, two crescents with cutouts are suspended by soldered small, coiled jump rings. The artist\u2019s signature is engraved in cursive next to the STERLING stamp. There are moderate amounts of gray and brown tarnish overall, as well as minor amounts of polish residue from previous cleanings. There is a thin layer of airborne soils and embedded grime noted overall.",
        "has_conservation_images": false,
        "cover_accession_number": null,
        "is_nazi_era_provenance": false,
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        "alternate_titles": [],
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:01.880000"
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