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        "tombstone": "Miliki, 1987. Melvin Edwards (American, 1937\u20132026). Steel; 33 x 22.9 x 20.8 cm (13 x 9 x 8 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2021.162. \u00a9 Melvin Edwards / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
        "current_location": "229B Contemporary",
        "title": "Miliki",
        "creation_date": "1987",
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            "Black American Artists"
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            "America"
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        "technique": "steel",
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        "department": "Contemporary Art",
        "collection": "CONTEMP - Sculpture",
        "type": "Metalwork",
        "measurements": "33 x 22.9 x 20.8 cm (13 x 9 x 8 3/16 in.)",
        "dimensions": {
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                "height": 0.33,
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        "copyright": "\u00a9 Melvin Edwards / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York",
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        "exhibitions": {
            "current": [
                {
                    "id": 445578,
                    "title": "Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022",
                    "description": "<i>Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2022</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 1-September 25, 2022).",
                    "opening_date": "2022-04-01T04:00:00"
                }
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        },
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        "did_you_know": "<em>Lynch Fragments</em> are hung at eye-level (determined by the artist\u2019s height) to invite a direct encounter with the viewer.",
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        "description": "<em>Miliki</em> (1987) belongs to an ongoing series, <em>Lynch Fragments</em>, which Melvin Edwards began in 1963. The <em>Lynch Fragments</em> are small-scale abstract wall reliefs that feature recognizable objects\u2014often objects that could serve as weapons, such as chains, knives, and railroad spikes. Through Edwards\u2019s composition and welding technique, familiar elements shed their functional associations, becoming lines and shapes in space, and yielding innovative sculptural forms.",
        "external_resources": {
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                "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117247067"
            ],
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        },
        "citations": [
            {
                "citation": "Pedrosa, Adriano, Rodrigo Moura, Renata Bittencourt, Rebecca Wolff, Hamid Irbouh, Melvin Edwards, and Melvin Edwards. <em>Melvin Edwards: Lynch fragments</em>. Sa\u0303o Paulo: Sa\u0303o Paulo Museum of Art, 2018.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and mentioned: p. 110; reproduced: p. 111",
                "url": ""
            },
            {
                "citation": "Valentine, Victoria L. \"Scenes from Frieze New York: A Look at African American Art Throughout the Fair.\" <em>Culture Type</em>, May 3, 2019.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: https://www.culturetype.com/2019/05/03/scenes-from-frieze-new-york-a-look-at-african-american-art-throughout-the-fair/",
                "url": "https://www.culturetype.com/2019/05/03/scenes-from-frieze-new-york-a-look-at-african-american-art-throughout-the-fair/"
            }
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        "creditline": "Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund",
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        "gallery_donor_text": "Paula and Eugene Stevens Gallery",
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        "accession_date": "2021-12-06T05:00:00Z",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:18.190000"
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