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    "localId": "153123",
    "label": "Female Nude",
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    "id": "153123",
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    "title": "Female Nude",
    "date": "1891",
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    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 37.3 x 21.6 cm (14 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.); Secondary Support: 45.9 x 27.2 cm (18 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.)",
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    "tombstone": "Female Nude, 1891. Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (French, 1824–1898). Black chalk; sheet: 37.3 x 21.6 cm (14 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.); secondary support: 45.9 x 27.2 cm (18 1/16 x 10 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. E. A. Guerber in memory of Louise G. Burroughs, 1986.130",
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            "inscription": "lower right, in graphite: [C ?] ; VERSO OF SECONDARY SUPPORT, lower left, in graphite: Quinn sale Feb 10(?) 1927 / Drwg from portfolio 404 bought by AB Davies [parentheses part of inscription] ; lower right, in graphite: 404/2[5?] ; ON SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, verso of secondary support, upper center, printed in brown ink on green paper: DURAND-RUEL / PARIS, 18 Rue Laffitte / NEW-YORK, 389, Fifth avenue / P. de Chavannes [inscribed in brown ink] No 6500 [6500 inscribed in brown ink] / Etude. [inscribed in brown ink] ; ON SEPARATELY APPLIED PIECE OF PAPER, verso of secondary support, upper right, in brown ink on pink paper: Chavannes No [No printed in black ink] 2432 [partially masked] / Etude"
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