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    "localId": "149283",
    "label": "Medal (reverse)",
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    "id": "149283",
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    "title": "Medal (reverse)",
    "date": "1900",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Diameter: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)",
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    "inscriptions": [
        {
            "inscription": "\"1900/Un etre/qui/n'etait/que/lumière or et gaze\" (Baudelaire ?).  Signed beneath: R in an irregularly shaped circle."
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        {
            "citation": "Lee, Sherman E. \"The Year in Review for 1978.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 66, no. 1 (1979): 3-47.",
            "page_number": "p. 20, cat. no. 14, repr.",
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        },
        {
            "citation": "Harris, Margaret Haile. Loie Fuller, Magician of Light: A Loan Exhibition at the Virginia Museum, March 12-April 22, 1979. Richmond: The Museum, 1979.",
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