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        "tombstone": "Revolutionary, 1972. Wadsworth Jarrell (American, b. 1929). Color screenprint; image: 83.9 x 67.4 cm (33 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.); sheet: 83.9 x 67.4 cm (33 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Karl B. Goldfield Trust, 2021.15. \u00a9 Wadsworth Jarrell",
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        "title": "Revolutionary",
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        "measurements": "Image: 83.9 x 67.4 cm (33 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.); Sheet: 83.9 x 67.4 cm (33 1/16 x 26 9/16 in.)",
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        "edition_of_the_work": "Edition of 300",
        "copyright": "\u00a9 Wadsworth Jarrell",
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                "inscription": "signed and dated, in pencil, at lower right: Wadsworth A. Jarrell / 1972",
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            {
                "inscription": "inscribed, in pencil, at lower left: REVOLUTIONARY",
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                "inscription": "inscribed, in pencil, at bottom center: 52/300",
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                {
                    "id": 449916,
                    "title": "ArtLens Light-Sensitive Rotation\u2014March 2022",
                    "description": "<i>ArtLens Light-Sensitive Rotation\u2014March 2022</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (March 12-June 5, 2022).",
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                "description": "Wadsworth Jarrell [1929-], Cleveland, OH",
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                "date": "1972-2017",
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                "description": "(Lusenhop Fine Art, Chicago, [now Cleveland], sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH)",
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                "date": "2017-2021",
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        "did_you_know": "Wadsworth Jarrell reinterpreted the photograph on which this print is based so that Angela Davis wears a fashion design by the artist Jae Jarrell, his wife, entitled <em>Revolutionary Suit</em> (1968).",
        "description": "Wadsworth Jarrell was a founding member of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists), a Chicago-based artists\u2019 collective founded in 1968 to forge a distinctly Black form of contemporary art. <em>Revolutionary</em> features the vibrant tones and rhythmic text-based forms for which he is best known. Reinterpreting a painting of the previous year, the print depicts activist Angela Davis using words and phrases from her speeches, including \u201crevolution\u201d and \u201cBlack is beautiful.\u201d Her figure dominates the composition in a way that Jarrell describes as \u201can attempt to capture the majestic charm, seriousness, and leadership of an astute drum major for freedom.\u201d",
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        "creditline": "Karl B. Goldfield Trust",
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        "impression": "53/300",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:13.855000"
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