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    "localId": "74571",
    "label": "Two Dolls or Puppets Sitting on Cushions",
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    "id": "74571",
    "contentType": "drawing",
    "title": "Two Dolls or Puppets Sitting on Cushions",
    "description": "Henri Harpignies was best known for landscapes, and this sheet is a rare example of his still life practice. It belongs to a group of drawings created for his pupil, the Comtesse de Kermaingant, providing her with instruction in watercolor. Two dolls or puppets are propped on a pillow, allowing the comtesse to study the drapery of their costume and shadows of their placement on cushions.",
    "date": "c. 1870–80",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Sheet: 38.6 x 28.5 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "France, 19th century"
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    "tec": "Watercolor with graphite underdrawing on heavily textured wove paper",
    "tombstone": "Two Dolls or Puppets Sitting on Cushions, c. 1870–80. Henri Joseph Harpignies (French, 1819–1916). Watercolor with graphite underdrawing on heavily textured wove paper; sheet: 38.6 x 28.5 cm (15 3/16 x 11 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bequest of Muriel Butkin, 2018.1061",
    "collection": "DR - French",
    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "signed, lower left, in black ink: “h.h”"
        }
    ],
    "didYouKnow": "Harpignies made this drawing as an example for one of his pupils to study and emulate.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Rohowsky, Peter S. French Nineteenth Century Drawings, Pastels, Watercolors: Nov. 1977-Feb. 1978. New York: Shepherd Gallery Associates, 1977.",
            "page_number": "ill. p. 50, p. 53"
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    "creditline": "Bequest of Muriel Butkin",
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