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        "tombstone": "Rilke Portfolio: Beside the Dying, c. 1968. Ben Shahn (American, 1898\u20131969). Lithograph; sheet: 57.3 x 44.8 cm (22 9/16 x 17 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hawken School, 2020.98.5. \u00a9  Estate of Ben Shahn / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY",
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        "title": "Beside the Dying",
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                "inscription": "Signed at lower right, in pencil: Ben Shahn",
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                "inscription": "Watermark: Arches",
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                "inscription": "In folder printed on exterior: XX",
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            {
                "inscription": "on interior, at left: But one must also have been beside the dying,",
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        "description": "This print belongs to a series based on the German writer Rainer Maria Rilke\u2019s autobiographical novel <em>The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge</em>, which dealt with the challenge of artistic creation amidst feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and defeat. American artist Ben Shahn used evocative images to suggest rather than directly interpret the poet\u2019s words.",
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                "citation": "Prescott, Kenneth W., and Ben Shahn. The Complete Graphic Works of Ben Shahn. 1973.",
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