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"tombstone": "Belt, 2007. Deborah Butterfield (American, b. 1949). Cast bronze with patina; overall: 231.1 x 299.7 x 76.2 cm (91 x 118 x 30 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Nancy F. and Joseph P. Keithley Collection Gift, 2020.201. \u00a9 Deborah Butterfield / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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"title": "Belt",
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"title": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection",
"description": "Impressionism to Modernism: The Keithley Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (September 11, 2022-January 8, 2023).",
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"description": "Cast at Walla Walla Foundry, Walla Walla, WA, consigned to Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Inc., Chicago, IL",
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"did_you_know": "Interested in horses from a young age, Butterfield initially felt conflicted about whether to pursue art or veterinary medicine while studying at the University of California, Davis.",
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"description": "To create her life-size horses, American sculptor Deborah Butterfield casts found pieces of wood into bronze, a process that translates the wood\u2019s porous texture into metal. The artist then builds the structure of her sculptures, using her extensive knowledge of the animals to achieve their lifelike postures. Butterfield accomplishes this effect through the placement of the necks and heads of her horses, which she does last. In Belt, the abstract animal is integrated with the surrounding landscape to evoke the artist\u2019s expansive Montana ranch where she has lived, worked, and kept horses for over 30 years.",
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"citation": "Gordon, Robert. Deborah Butterfield. New York: Abrams, 2010.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: pp. 182-183, cover",
"url": "https://ingallslibrary.on.worldcat.org/oclc/495597481"
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"citation": "Czajkowski, Alexandra. \u201cExploring the Fine Arts Garden.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 3 (Summer 2021): 38-39.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 38",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/cmamm2021-03_202304/page/n37/mode/2up"
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"citation": "Liebert, Emily. \"Deborah Butterfield.\" In The Keithley Collection at the Cleveland Museum of Art, edited by Heather Lemonedes Brown, 192-193. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2022.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 192-193; Mentioned: p. 258",
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"citation": "Arzuaga, Rachel and Edelstein, Beth. \u201cBuilding and Grounds. Encounter the Grounds Anew: Interpretation and Conservation's Updated Outdoor Map.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 65, no. 1 (2025): 22-23.",
"page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 22",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2025-01"
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"updated_at": "2026-06-11 12:17:40.936000"
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