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"tombstone": "Mardi Soir, 1973. Carmen Herrera (American, b. Cuba, 1915\u20132022). Acrylic on canvas; 106.7 x 162.6 cm (42 x 64 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund, 2022.39. \u00a9 Carmen Herrera",
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"title": "Mardi Soir",
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"did_you_know": "Carmen Herrera did not sell her first painting until she was 89 years old.",
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"description": "A groundbreaking abstract artist who worked for decades\u2014with formal forays remarkably ahead of her male counterparts in the Minimalist and concrete art movements\u2014Herrera\u2019s work was underappreciated for much of her lifetime. For this reason, she did not achieve commercial success until she was in her 90s, and her first major museum retrospective occurred when she was 100. The saturated cobalt blue hue used in this painting is striking, and typical of the jewel-toned palette that the artist frequently used, off-set with black or white to create rhythmic compositions. The zig-zag pattern is indicative of the dynamism of forms, and movement beyond the painting\u2019s frame, reinforced by the painted edges of her work. This detail entices viewers to the front of the painting, activating the three-dimensional space that connects viewer to object, and encouraging multiple vantage points. The title is in French, translating to \"Tuesday evening.\" This painting is part of Herrera\u2019s larger investigation of the affective qualities of color and how they relate to time and memory.",
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"citation": "Miller, Dana, Carmen Herrera, Serge Lemoine, Gerardo Mosquera, Edward J Sullivan, Espinel Mo\u0301nica, Dana Miller, et al. Carmen Herrera: Lines of Sight. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 2016.",
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"citation": "\"New on View.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 62, no. 4 (December 2022).",
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"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM2022-04/page/n39/mode/2up"
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"citation": "\"Remembering Toby Lewis.\" Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 64, no. 1 (2024): 33-34.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: P. 33; Mentioned: P. 34",
"url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAMM-2024-01/page/32/mode/2up"
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"citation": "Fellah, Nadiah Rivera. \"Closing the Gap: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith in American Museums.\" In Both Sides of the Line: Carmen Herrera & Leon Polk Smith, edited by Dana Miller, 36-43. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Museum of Art, 2025.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: p. 40, fig. 6",
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"updated_at": "2026-08-18 11:57:04.757000"
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