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        "tombstone": "Untitled Anxious Crowd, 2018. Rashid Johnson (American, b. 1977), Jennifer Melby (American), Hauser & Wirth, Inc.. Softground etching; matted: 66.2 x 86.5 x 0.3 cm (26 1/16 x 34 1/16 x 1/8 in.); image: 50.2 x 60.6 cm (19 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund, 2020.78. \u00a9 Rashid Johnson",
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        "title": "Untitled Anxious Crowd",
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        "measurements": "Matted: 66.2 x 86.5 x 0.3 cm (26 1/16 x 34 1/16 x 1/8 in.); Image: 50.2 x 60.6 cm (19 3/4 x 23 7/8 in.)",
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Rashid Johnson",
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                "inscription": "signed and dated on verso, lower right, in pencil: R Johnson 2018; inscribed on verso, lower left, in pencil: 34/35; partial watermark, at lower right: Somerset",
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                    "id": 541557,
                    "title": "New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper",
                    "description": "<i>New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 19, 2023-April 14, 2024).",
                    "opening_date": "2023-11-19T05:00:00"
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                "date": "2018-2020",
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        "did_you_know": "Rashid Johnson created this print by making repetitive, jagged marks that echoed his subject\u2019s mood into the waxy surface of a softground etching plate.",
        "description": "Contemporary artist Rashid Johnson draws on the traditions of painting and conceptual art to explore the lived experiences of African American men. This print belongs to a series that began as an exploration of the artist\u2019s own anxieties but grew to express the experiences of young black men during a time marked by police violence and mass incarceration. In the artist\u2019s words, \u201cI . . . realiz[ed] that my anxiety was not mine exclusively.\u201d",
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            {
                "citation": "Peters, Emily J. and Salsbury, Britany. \u201cRashid Johnson: A set of deeply personal etchings explore the artist\u2019s own anxiety and in turn speak more broadly to the experiences of Black men in America.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>60, no. 4 (Fall 2020): 18-19.",
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        "creditline": "Dr. Gerard and Phyllis Seltzer Fund",
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        "updated_at": "2026-03-27 00:09:23.465000"
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