Academic Prints and Multiples
ACADEMIC STYLE
During the Renaissance, the first European fine art academies were established in Italy and would guide the style and standards of visual culture in the following centuries. Academic art became dominant across the continent in the 17th century, with artists coming together to offer instruction in this style of painting and sculpture.
The academic art period represented a significant change from the previous era when painters, sculptors and other artists were part of guilds and seen more as artisans than purveyors of culture. While patronage from the elite and the church remained pivotal, young artists were able to support themselves for the first time through academic exhibitions and an independent marketplace. The leading academies included the French Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture founded in Paris in 1648 (which became the Académie des Beaux-Arts after the French Revolution) and the London Royal Academy of Arts formed in 1768 under the inaugural leadership of painter Joshua Reynolds.
Academy students sketched drawings based on prints, sculptures and, finally, live models. Movements including neoclassicism and romanticism were particularly popular in these art schools and institutions where the influence of Raphael and Nicolas Poussin was prominent. Beaux Arts architecture and furniture design drew on these movements, too, and, as they also originated at the Académie des Beaux-Arts, the disciplines share common ground with academic painting and sculpture.
Although academic art was a major shift for artistic status when it began, by the middle of the 19th century it was viewed as stodgy and resistant to new ideas, with the subject matter of artists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau and Jean-Léon Gérôme generally limited to allegorical or mythological themes. Impressionism, realism and the other movements that engaged with contemporary issues that followed were direct reactions to the academic tradition, although it continued to inform the avant-garde as artists like Gustav Klimt and Pablo Picasso started their practices as academic realists.
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Style: Academic
Flowering Peppermint Plants: A 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Botanical Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper plate engraving entitled "Pulegium Cervinum, Pseudo Pulegium Struthium, Pulegium Regium", depicting flowering Peppermint, Weld and Pennyroyal plants res...
Category
1640s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Henry Robert Robertson, Ave Maria, Etching
By Henry Robert Robertson
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine late 19th-century etching by British artist Henry Robert Robertson (1839-1921) depicts a couple worshipping a shrine to the Virgin Mary at sea. The original painting was ex...
Category
19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Etching
“Chess Players”
Located in Southampton, NY
ARTIST
Hey, Paul, 1867-1952, artist
TITLE
Chess players
OTHER TITLE(S)
Die Schachspieler
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
1 print : etching ; sheet size 11 1/2" x 15" (30 x 39 cm.)
Date: 1898
SUMMARY
Three men are sitting around a chess board, two are playing and one is observing. The men are all late middle aged to old aged. The print has some fine details, and cross hatching is used extensively. On the table, besides the the chess set, are two coffee cups and a glass of water. Lower left in margin in pencil “original etching” in German. Lower right margin in pencil “chess players” written in German. No visible signature. The same etching by Paul Hey...
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1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
VOLTO DI DONNA - Stampa riproduzione Emilio Greco, anni 70
By Emilio Greco
Located in Napoli, IT
Stampa riprodizione del disegno " Volto di Ragazza" realizzato dal disegnatore Emilio Greco.Firmato in basso a destra.
Scultore italiano (Catania 1913 - Roma 1995). Trasferitosi a Ro...
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1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Color
Galantine de Dinde....
By Jules Gouffe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Jules Gouffe (1807-1877)
Le Livre de Cusine
Librairie Hachette et Cie
Paris, 1867
Chromolithographs
At the age of 16, Jules Gouffe found his calling as a student of the famous...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Richard Wagner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Richard Wagner
Etching, c. 1880
Signed in the plate (see photo)
Edition: c. 200 impressions
Condition: mint
Image/Plate size: 6 5/8 x 4 3/4 inches
Sheet size: 14 3/8 x 10 7/8 inches
...
Category
1880s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Hawk
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers)
Japan, c1880
Woodblock Print.
15 x 11.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowers” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Watercolor
Canterbury Gate Cathedral
By Preston Cribb
Located in New York, NY
Preston Cribb (English, 1876-1937) "Canterbury Gate Cathedral", Etching titled and signed in Pencil, 13.63 x 9.50 Framed (Image: 9.50 x 5.25), Early to Mid 20th Century
Colors: Bla...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Roman and Arabic Numerals (Numbers)
By Owen Jones
Located in Florham Park, NJ
ONE THOUSAND AND ONE INITIAL LETTERS
Owen Jones (1806-1889)
Day & Sons
London, 1864
Chromolithographs
One Thousand and One Initial Letters playfully describes an artistic e...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
German Shepard
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to ma...
Category
1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Sukotyro Sus (Warthog)
By John Wilkes
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHN WILKES (1750-1810)
Encyclopedia Londinensis
London, 1801-1828
Copper Plate Engraving
Original Hand-Color
9” x11” Unframed
At its best, the zoological art of the early n...
Category
Early 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Plate 1838. Cycad
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with "Plate 1851. Cycad." by William Curtis which is also listed.
WILLIAM CURTIS.
The Botanical Magazine.
Engravings with original hand-color.
9.5” x 5...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper, Plexiglass, Handmade Paper, Archival Tape, Archiv...
Urtica (Nettle)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
GEORGE DIONSYSIUS EHRET (1708-1770).
Plantae Selectae....
Text by Dr. Christoph Trew.
Drawn by Georg Dionsysius Ehret.
Engraved by Johannes Jacobus and Johannes Elias Haid.
Nuremberg...
Category
1750s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ikebana - Carnations and Astilbe
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Ikebana
Japanese Woodblocks.
Meiji Period. Circa 1895.
A disciplined art form, Ikebana seeks to bring nature and man together. The emphasis is on form and simplicity of design...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Black-Faced Heath Breed
By David Low
Located in Florham Park, NJ
David Low (1786-1859)
The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Isles
William Nicholson, RSA, Illustrator
Brown, Green, & Longman’s, Publisher
London, 1842
Lithographs with Original Hand-Color
Page Size, 12.5 x 17
“Professor Low...
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
“Scene in Union Square, New York on a March Day
Located in Southampton, NY
Original wood engraving on paper. Taken from Harper’s Weekly, April 7, 1860. Signed “Homer” in the plate. Condition is good. Slight staining lower left. Very slight tear to the l...
Category
1860s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Engraving
“Haughton in the County of Nottingham” (Near Newark Upon Trent)
By Johannes Kip
Located in Southampton, NY
An original hand colored engraving by Johannes 'Jan' Kip (1653-1722) of Haughton in the County of Nottinghamshire, one of the seats of Prince John Duke of ...
Category
Early 1700s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
Original "Your Country's Call, Enlist Now" 1915 vintage British poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Your Country's Call. Isn't this Worth Fighting For? Enlist Now. Original WW1 poster, archival linen-backed vintage military poster.
Linen-backed and ...
Category
1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Owl
By Kono Bairei
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Kono Bairei (1844 – 1895)
Kacho-ga. (Birds and Flowers)
Japan, c1880
Woodblock Print.
Okura Magobei, Publisher.
The enthusiasm for nature prints transcends the centuries. “One Hundred Flowers” is a mid-nineteenth century work illustrating varieties of flowers in naturalistic styles. Traditional woodblock printing enhances the beauty of each work. The artist must carve different woodblocks for every color he wishes to transfer to paper. In this style of printing it is imperative that the register of each woodblock be exact as they must match perfectly to create an image without blurring.
In addition to his illustrated flower books...
Category
Late 19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut, Watercolor
Dante & Virgilus - Etching, (Ed. Goupil, 1897)
Located in Paris, FR
ARTISTE: after Auguste RODIN
TITLE : Dante & Virgilus
MEDIUM : Etching/photogravure after the original drawing
SIGNATURE : Unsigned
YEAR : 1897
PAPER : Vellum
SIZE : 13 x 10"
INFOR...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Chartres La Mort de la Viegre X111”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original photo mechanical print handcolored throughout by the French artist, Lucy Garnot. Signed and titled bottom. Circa 1900. Condition is very go...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
“Placidas and the Stag”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original photo mechanical print handcolored throughout by the French artist, Lucy Garnot. Signed left bottom. Circa 1900. Condition is very good. T...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Photogravure
“La Femme aux Figues”
By Paul Gauguin
Located in Southampton, NY
Original etching and lavis in black ink on Arches watermarked crème laid paper by Paul Gauguin. Titled: “La Femme aux Figues” (The Woman with Figs). This impression is from the 3rd s...
Category
1970s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Archival Paper, Etching
Lizard Le Scinque Reptile Animal
Located in Florham Park, NJ
George-Louis Leclerec, Comte de Buffon.
HistoireNaturell, Generale et Particuliere avec la Description du Cabiner du Roi.
Paris, 1749
Drawings by Jacques E. DeSeve.
Engravings with l...
Category
1740s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving, Watercolor
English Springer Spaniel
By Diana Thorne
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Diana Thorne’s Dogs: An Album of Drawings.
Diana Thorne.
Julian Messner, Inc.
New York, 1944.
24 Drawings in Lithography.
“In drawing them,” she writes, “I have tried to make the...
Category
1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Plate 1851. Cycad.
Located in Florham Park, NJ
This piece would pair well with "Plate 1838. Cycad." by William Curtis which is also listed.
WILLIAM CURTIS.
The Botanical Magazine.
Engravings with original hand-color.
9.5” x 5...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Academic Prints and Multiples
Magnolia Parviflora
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Duke of Wellington
Located in Aberdeen Dyce, GB
Duke of Wellington by Vladislav Khristenko
Size of the image - 25 x 15 cm
Size of the list - 34 x 22.5 cm
Size in frame - 42 x 32 cm
Etching and aquatint on paper
#15 from edition ...
Category
2010s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Aquatint, Paper
“Evening”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautifully executed etching on archival paper by the well known American artist, Morris Henry Hobbs. Circa 1935. Condition is excellent. Signed in the lower right margin by the a...
Category
1930s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching
Tender Innocence print on canvas
Located in Zofingen, AG
High quality print on canvas.
Made from original oil painting "Tender Innence". Originally created by artist Maria Matveyeva in 2016 year.
Category
2010s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Canvas
Magnolia Rustica Rubra
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Single Camellias
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Paeonia Lutea (Yellow Peony)
Located in Florham Park, NJ
Flora and Sylva
Henry G. Moon (1857-1905)
London, 1903
Chromolithography.
They say that luck is just an opportunity that is taken. It was certainly true for Henry G. Moon whe...
Category
Early 1900s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
#61. Aloe Africana
Located in Florham Park, NJ
JOHANN WILHELM WEINMANN.
Phytanthoza Iconographia….
Published by Raisbonae.
Regensburg, 1735-47.
Engraved by J.J. Haid, J.E. Ridinger, B. Seuter and G.D. Ehret.
Hand-colored mezzotin...
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Mid-18th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Gold Leaf
Flowering Iris & Other Botanicals: Framed 17th C. Besler Hand-colored Engraving
Located in Alamo, CA
This is a hand-colored copper-plate engraving entitled "I. Spatula foetida - II. Caucalis Dodonei - III. Cruciata", depicting three flowering plants, including an Iris, from Basilius Besler's landmark work, Hortus Eystettensis (Garden at Eichstatt), first published in 1613 in Eichstatt, Germany near Nuremberg and later in 1640 and 1713.
This beautiful hand-colored botanical engraving is presented in a gold-colored wood frame with a French mat...
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Mid-17th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Engraving
"The Temptation of Saint Anthony " Etching, Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Temptation of Saint Anthony" is an original etching by Fernand Cormon. This piece has the artist's stamp. The piece is signed in pencil by the artis...
Category
1890s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Paper, Ink, Laid Paper
Original "Locomotive a Vapeur, Typoe 141 P" vintage railroad poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original poster: LOCOMOTIVE A VAPEUR. Type 141 P.
Artist: A. Bouvry and Albert Brenert Horizontal railway poster that has been archival linen backed, ready to frame. Very go...
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1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Birth of Venus
By (After) Sandro Botticelli
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century coloured engraving of The Birth of Venus by
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Hunting Leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Hunting Leopard
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Leopard-cat
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a leopard-cat
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Original Le Puy En Velay, SNCF vintage travel poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Admiring the Original "Le Puy En - Velay" Vintage Poster The exquisite vintage poster for the old city of Le Puy En - Velay has inspired many art aficionados. ...
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1940s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Adirondac Grape
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century coloured engraving, Adirondac Grape
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Goldcrest Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Goldcrest Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
The Catacombs
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, 1822 Paris Catacombs
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
"Le Petit Cirque Prinder, " Original Etching signd by Auguste Brouet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Le Petit Cirque Prinder" is an original etching by Auguste Brouet. This piece depicts a variety of circus performers surrounded by small children. The artist signed the piece in the...
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1910s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Etching, Pencil
Whimbrel
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nuthatch Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Leopard
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Clouded Leopard
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a Clouded leopard
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
John II, Count of Hainaut Holland & Zeeland (1247-1304)
Located in Sydney, NSW
18th Century (c1740) etching/engraving , John II, Count of Hainaut Holland & Zeeland (1247-1304)
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Engraving, Etching
Pratincole Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of a Snow Bunting
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Reptiles
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of reptiles
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
The United States
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, The United States (Vanity Fair), under the pseudonym of Ape
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
May Day
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century hand coloured engraving
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
Lion
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph of a lion
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nuthatch Antique Print
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nuthatch Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Nutcracker
Located in Sydney, NSW
Chromolithograph of Nutcracker Antique Print
Image Size 10.5cm x 17 cm
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1920s Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Talpa Comune
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, Talpa Comune
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
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Lithograph
A Thames Barbell
Located in Sydney, NSW
19th Century chromolithograph, 1885 A Thames Barbell
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19th Century Academic Prints and Multiples
Materials
Lithograph
Academic prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Academic prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add prints and multiples created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of purple, blue, orange and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Owen Jones, Paul Jones b.1921, John James Audubon, and Basilius Besler. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Engraving and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Academic prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 1.5 inches across are also available. Prices for prints and multiples made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $50 and tops out at $26,100, while the average work sells for $650.
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