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    "core": {
        "objectID": 111028,
        "objectNumber": "2024.73.1",
        "primaryTitle": "T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture",
        "objectName": "",
        "dated": "1973",
        "classification": "Documentary Artifacts",
        "department": "Prints, Drawings & Photographs",
        "medium": "ink on paper",
        "dimensions": "Overall (letter): 11 × 8 1/2 inches (27.9 × 21.6 cm)"
    },
    "provenance": {
        "creditLine": "Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection",
        "provenance": "Jan van der Marck;\r\n-2020, purchased by Gilbert B. Silverman [1925-2016] and Lila Silverman [1933-2020] (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, USA);\r\n2020-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA), accessioned to the collection in 2024",
        "signed": "Signed, in red pencil, on bottom of letter: Charlotte",
        "inscribed": "Letter, inscribed, in red pen, inside a heart outline, on Charlotte Moorman letterhead: DEAR JAN & INGEBORG, | APRIL 3, 1973 | PLEASE FORGIVE | ME FOR NOT MAILING YOU | THESE PHOTOS I PROMISED YOU SOONER – BUT THINGS | HAVE BEEN HECTIC HERE & PAIK HAD TO GO TO | BOSTON TO WORK ON A FILM OF CAGE HE’S TRYING | TO GET AIRED ON EDUCATIONAL TV. | ENCLOSED ARE THE PHOTOS & SOME | PROPAGANDA. I’VE TAKEN VARIOUS REVIEWS OF THE | TV BRA [underlined] & TV CELLO [underlined] TO THE PHOTOSTATER TO | MAKE COPIES FOR YOU & WILL MAIL THEM | DAY AFTER TOMORROW. | CHRISTO’S “COLORADO PROJECT | FILM” WAS BEAUTIFUL [underlined] (RIZZOLLI SCREENING | ROOM TODAY)! | I LOVE YOU, \r\nInscribed, in black ink, center verso of mat: Charlotte Mooreman [sic]| T.V. Bra |prov. Jan van der Marck",
        "markings": ""
    },
    "creators": [
        {
            "displayName": "Nam June Paik",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "American",
            "bio": "American, 1932 - 2006"
        },
        {
            "displayName": "Charlotte Moorman",
            "role": "Artist",
            "nationality": "American",
            "bio": "American, 1933 - 1991"
        }
    ],
    "rights": [
        {
            "type": "Copyright Not Evaluated",
            "copyright": "",
            "creditLineRepro": "Charlotte Moorman; Nam June Paik, T.V. Bra for Living Sculpture, 1973, ink on paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the Lila and Gilbert Silverman Collection, 2024.73.1."
        }
    ],
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    "source": {
        "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts",
        "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/111028"
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