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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cMuslim Woman/Brooklyn\u201d",
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                "inscription": "Stamped in black ink on verso: (Egyptian Eye of Horus \nsymbol)/CHESTER HIGGINS JR./COPYRIGHTED \nPHOTOGRAPH/ALL RIGHTS RESERVED\u201d",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \u201cCHI-00014-SP\u201d",
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        "did_you_know": "The image, one of the artist\u2019s best known and most often reproduced, is a portrait in which only the sitter\u2019s eyes are visible.",
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        "description": "This woman wears a niqab, a veil worn in public by some Muslim women as a sign of religious piety. In his photojournalistic work, Chester Higgins Jr. chose to be an unseen observer. Here, in this more personal image, he enters directly into dialogue with the sitter, who boldly confronts the camera\u2019s gaze.",
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