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        "tombstone": "Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, West Berlin, 1959. Ren\u00e9 Burri (Swiss, 1933\u20132014). Gelatin silver print; image: 17.4 x 26.6 cm (6 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.); paper: 27.9 x 35.3 cm (11 x 13 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Joan Liftin, 2021.150",
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                "inscription": "Written in black marker on recto: \"Rene Burri (signed)\"",
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                "inscription": "Written in pencil on verso: \"For Charles/Rene Burri\"",
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                "description": "Rene Burri (the artist) [1933-2014], given to Charles Harbutt [1935-2015], New York, NY",
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        "did_you_know": "Ren\u00e9 Burri photographed the two Germanys after World War II because it was, he said, the place \u201cwhere oppositions were exacerbated and beginning to clash.\u201d",
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        "description": "One such opposition is revealed in his image of the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, built in 1890 and bombed during world War II. The grayed-out, damaged church spire is glimpsed through the overhanging roof of a vast modern building under construction that dominates the foreground. West Germany\u2019s recovery\u2014its return to grandeur\u2014proceeds, undaunted by a symbol of its former defeat.",
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