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        "tombstone": "The Last Royal DUBU, 2018. William Harper (American, b. 1944). Gold cloisonn\u00e9 enamel on fine gold and fine silver, gold, tourmaline, moonstone, opal, citrine, glass; 13.3 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Partial gift of William Benjamin-Harper, and partial purchase from the Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund, 2022.255",
        "current_location": "228B Cleveland Artists",
        "title": "The Last Royal DUBU",
        "creation_date": "2018",
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            "Cleveland Institute of Art (alumni)",
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        "technique": "Gold cloisonn\u00e9 enamel on fine gold and fine silver, gold, tourmaline, moonstone, opal, citrine, glass",
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        "department": "Decorative Art and Design",
        "collection": "Decorative Arts",
        "type": "Enamel",
        "measurements": "13.3 x 14 cm (5 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.)",
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                {
                    "description": "<em>William Harper: The Beautiful and the Grotesque. </em>Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Institute of Art, April 4-June 14, 2019",
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                "description": "Collection of the artist and his husband, William Benjamin-Harper",
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                "date": "2018\u20132022",
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        "description": "Cleveland-trained and New York-based William Harper ranks among the leading contemporary jewelers. His work is heralded for its bold originality that weds meticulous technique with a philosophy of contradiction\u2014in the praise of one critic, \u201cbeautiful and grotesque.\u201d Such an approach is manifest in <em>The Last Royal DUBU</em> with its exquisitely rendered clashes of disparate materials, vibrant colors, and lush textures. The title references French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901\u20131985), whose work Harper admires for rebelling against mainstream standards of taste.",
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                "citation": "<em>William Harper: The Beautiful and the Grotesque, </em>exh. cat. (Cleveland: Cleveland Institute of Art, 2019).",
                "page_number": "Reproduced p. 18; mentioned p. 44.",
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            {
                "citation": "\"New on View.\u201d <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>63, no. 1 (2023): Back cover.",
                "page_number": "Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover",
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        "updated_at": "2026-05-01 06:54:24.626000"
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