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        "tombstone": "Studies from the Russian Ballet: Tamara Karsavina in the Firebird, 1911. Emil Otto Hopp\u00e9 (British, 1878\u20131972). Halftone photogravure; image: 17.2 x 14.5 cm (6 3/4 x 5 11/16 in.); paper: 18.5 x 15.3 cm (7 5/16 x 6 in.); framed: 30.5 x 35.6 cm (12 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Sundry Art - Photography Fund, 2019.40. \u00a9 E.O. Hopp\u00e9 Estate Collection  / Curatorial Inc.",
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        "title": "Tamara Karsavina in the Firebird",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201c2 Madame Thamar Karsavina/Studies from \nthe Russian Ballet/E.O. Hoppe-Bert 75\u201d",
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                    "title": "Photographs in Ink",
                    "description": "<i>Photographs in Ink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 20, 2022-April 2, 2023).",
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        "did_you_know": "Hopp\u00e9 described Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina as \u201cintellectually head and shoulders above any of the other ballerinas\u201d he had photographed.",
        "description": "Renowned for her beauty as well as her dancing, Tamara Karsavina (1885\u20131978) starred with the Imperial Russian Ballet and the Ballets Russes, where she created many famous roles including the Firebird. Settling in London, she became a founder of modern British ballet. In this ballet, the Firebird is captured in the forest by a prince. To gain her freedom, she gives one of her golden feathers.",
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