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        "tombstone": "Sirius #2, 2022. Ouattara Watts (Ivorian [Ivory Coast], active United States, b. 1957). Mixed media on canvas; 200 x 200 cm (78 3/4 x 78 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Agnes Gund in honor of Tanya Coke, 2022.103. \u00a9 Ouattara Watts",
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        "title": "Sirius #2",
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                    "id": 536086,
                    "title": "Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023",
                    "description": "<i>Contemporary Art Rotation - Spring 2023</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 7-September 24, 2023).",
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        "did_you_know": "The Cleveland Museum of Art owns a Kanaga mask (1971.289) of the type that is rendered in <em>Sirius #2</em>.",
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        "description": "This work features essential elements from a visual vocabulary that Ouattara Watts has developed over the last 45 years: a West African mask floats in the center of a mathematical diagram whose arrows point upward to the heavens and sideways. Ouattara identifies himself as a \u201ccitizen of the world.\u201d He grew up in the Ivory Coast, spent a decade in Paris, and then moved to New York, where he has lived since 1989. As seen here, his art reflects the breadth of encounters and ideas that he has accumulated during his travels.",
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                "citation": "Ouattara. <em>Ouattara Watts</em>. Edited by Dieter Buchhart. New York: Karma Books, 2024.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 413",
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            },
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                "citation": "Hoberman, Mara, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, and St\u00e9phane Vacquier. <em>Ouattara Watts.</em> [Abidjan, Ivory Coast], Paris: Galerie C\u00e9cile Fakhoury ; Atelier EXB, 2025.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 209",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:20.614000"
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