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        "tombstone": "Afrodesia and Mira Gandy, 1971. Dindga McCannon (American, b. 1947). Linocut on Color-aid paper; sheet: 30.5 x 29.2 cm (12 x 11 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Alma and Robert D. Milne Fund, 2020.287. \u00a9 Dindga McCannon",
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        "title": "Afrodesia and Mira Gandy",
        "creation_date": "1971",
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        "department": "Prints",
        "collection": "PR - Woodcut",
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        "measurements": "Sheet: 30.5 x 29.2 cm (12 x 11 1/2 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "5/20",
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                "inscription": "signed and dated, in pencil, at lower right: dindga mccannon 1971; inscribed, in pencil, at lower left: 5/20; inscribed, in pencil, at bottom center: \u201cAfrodesia + Mira Gandy\u201d",
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                    "id": 438968,
                    "title": "Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions",
                    "description": "<i>Women in Print: Recent Acquisitions</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (January 16-June 19, 2022).",
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                "description": "studio of Dindga McCannon, Philadelphia, PA",
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                "description": "(Dolan/Maxwell, Philadelphia, PA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)",
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        "did_you_know": "Dindga McCannon studied at the Art Students League in New York, where artist Jacob Lawrence was her mentor.",
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        "description": "Dindga McCannon was an important artist within the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s and co-founded the artists\u2019 collective WWA (Where We At, Black Women Artists, Inc.) with Kay Brown and Faith Ringgold. Created in the year the group was formed, this print depicts McCannon\u2019s daughter Afrodesia at age four, alongside her friend Mira Gandy, who went on to become an artist herself. McCannon favors printmaking for its ability to reach a broader audience than other media and often uses it to explore themes from the lives of women, such as the one seen here.",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:12.492000"
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