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                "inscription": "Written in black ink on recto: \"Evolution II \u00a9 copyright 1984 Nancy Burson (signed) [illegible word] R.C. & D.K. 4/15\"",
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        "did_you_know": "Working with two MIT engineers, artist Nancy Burson developed the technique of computer morphing faces in the late 1980s.",
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        "description": "In this image, Nancy Burson combined the face of a man with that of a chimpanzee. Ignoring the intermediate steps, Burson leapfrogs through the extremely long complex process of evolution to depict a single moment of transition between two species. It is not a scientifically accurate image of evolution, but an imaginary portrait that links humans with one of their genetic ancestors.",
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                "citation": "Burson, Nancy, Richard Carling, and David Kramlich. Composites: Computer-Generated Portraits. New York: Beech Tree Books, 1986.",
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                "citation": "Burson, Nancy, Michael L. Sand, Lynn Gumpert, Terrie Sultan, and Christopher C. French. Seeing and Believing: The Art of Nancy Burson. Santa Fe, N.M.: Twin Palms, 2002.",
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