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1940's Americana WPA Modernist Watercolor Painting Catskill Mountains Bungalow
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Bungalow (fauvist painting of New York scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Nude - Drawing by Mario Sironi - 1940s
By Mario Sironi
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a modern artwork realized by the Italian Artist Mario Sironi. Charcoal drawing on
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

1940's American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's. image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

1940's American WPA Modernist New York Watercolor Painting 59th st Central Park
By Samuel Grunvald
Located in Surfside, FL
Horse and Buggy 59th st. Manhattan (fauvist painting of NYC outside central park) 1940's. image is
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Modernist Beach House architectural design watercolour drawing by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) Design for Modernist Seaside House Watercolour 27 x 40 cm Clapham
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Modernist Trees, 1940s Framed Modernist Landscape Watercolor Painting, Red Green
By Richard Sorby
Located in Denver, CO
Modernist painting of trees, interior forest scene by Colorado artist, Richard Sorby (1911-2001
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c HILLA REBAY (1890
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Gisbert Palmie Drawing, 1958
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting figurative colored chalks, charcoal drawing by Gisbert Palmie. A noted "anti
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Vintage 1950s American Modern Drawings

Materials

Crayon

Gisbert Palmie Drawing, 1958
Gisbert Palmie Drawing, 1958
H 29.75 in W 24.75 in D 1 in
Figures in the Forest, Rare Drawing, Israeli Modernist master
By Itzhak Danziger
Located in Surfside, FL
-1937 Danziger studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. During the 1940s he worked in Paris with
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Georgetown (Church in the Mountains, Colorado), Modernist Landscape Ink Drawing
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
second World War and the loss of his 10-year old son, Bunnell’s work of the early 1940’s took on a
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

1940s American Modernist Abstracted Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Charles Bunnell original vintage 1941 signed painting from the artist's Black and Blue Series, Abstract Structure style. Watercolor, Ink and Charcoal on paper in colors of black, wh...
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1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Pinto, 1930s Modernist Line Figure Drawing, Native American on Horse, Black Ink
By Hilaire Hiler
Located in Denver, CO
Original 1933 drawing, "Pinto" by New Mexico modernist, Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966), black and white
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Harlequin Lady and Her Owl - Color Drawing by Amalia Schulthess
Located in Pasadena, CA
drawing in our hands. A woman adorned in a harlequin blouse stands with folded arms, accompanied by an
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Windmill on the Plains, 1940s Watercolor and Ink Mixed Media Modernist Painting
By Jenne Magafan
Located in Denver, CO
large windmill on a 1940s Colorado farm scene with sheds and a fencing in the background. Presented in a
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1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
By Hilla Rebay von Ehrenwiesen
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c HILLA REBAY (1890
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Five Actresses" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Graphite

"Five Faces #736, " a Black Ink Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Milkweed Pod I #528" Original Charcoal Drawing
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

"Woman in Dress & Fancy Hat" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

'Four Figures' Charcoal drawing, signature stamped lower left
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Drawing" c. 1950s Pencil on paper Site 3.5"x3.5" silver carved wood frame
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil

"Art Deco Abstract" original drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

"City Lights" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Summertime Fun at Big Cedar Lake" original charcoal drawing
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

"Two Women Bathers at the Beach #403" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

DEBRIS - Large Ink Drawing - Study for the Print
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
mid 1980's The Hagedorn estate was dispersed in Berkeley by a local dealer. This drawing was part of a
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

A Modernist Church architectural design by S Clapham
Located in London, GB
." S Clapham (active 1940 - 1960) A Modernist Church Pencil 29 x 43 cm A design for an octagonal
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"Petie (Duck)" conte crayon drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

"Ebb and Flow" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Downtown Lakefront" original conte cubist drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

"Rembrandt Artist's Pastells" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
. In the 1920's Kelly created mostly paintings of Cubist style. By the 1940's he moved towards
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1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

"The Dance" original crayon drawing inscribed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

'Modernist Seascape', San Diego Watercolor Society, Dallas
By Robert Landry
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Aviation Agency and Convair Astronautics. After the late 1940s, he began a serious painting career and
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1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

'The Harbor at Low Tide', German Modernist Seascape
By Gunter Schulz-Ihlefeldt
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
, modernist coastal scene showing a substantial stone-built breakwater at low tide juxtaposing beached boats
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

"Bee Keeper, " Black Conte Crayon Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique
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1950s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

"Long Beaked Bird" original signed pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

"Seated Cat, " Charcoal Drawing with Stamped Signature by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism
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1950s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

"Pansies" original crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco
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1950s Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

"Still Life with Fruit" original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Early 20th Century Black White Abstracted Landscape Charcoal Drawing
By Willard Ayer Nash
Located in Denver, CO
"Abstract" is a charcoal on paper drawing by Willard Ayers Nash (1898-1942) of an abstracted
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Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Mid Century Abstracted San Francisco Bay Line Drawing Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract geometric landscape, an expressive black and white line drawing done in pastel, by
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Paper

NYC School Abstract Expressionist Russian-American Painter Pastel Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
objective outer form. In the 1940s the center of the modernist avant-garde moved from Paris to New York
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Crayon

WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
of eleven, living in New York or New Jersey for most of the rest of her life. Between 1928 and 1940
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Young Woman in a Landscape" original drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

"Trampoline-WI State Fair Park" original signed drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
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1950s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

"Woman in Coat & Fancy Hat, " Graphite Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

"Landscape with Two Figures" original monotype and drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Monotype

"Teacher (The Echo, Milwaukee Normal)" original ink drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

"Art Deco Bird #688, " Color Crayon Drawing stamped signature Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist
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1950s Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

"Two Women In Oriental Costume" original drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

"Abstract Figure With Bird" original conte cubist drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Mid Century Abstracted Bay Area Landscape, Black & White Pastel Drawing
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract black and white pastel landscape drawing by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing
By Jean Xceron
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Work on Paper Mid-Century Modernism Greek American Gouache Drawing. A modernist artist
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1940s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Playing Dress Up in the Attic, " Original Graphite Drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
reflect the work of Picasso and Ernest Max in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist
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1920s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

"Old Cabin Near Big Cedar Lake" original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

"Untitled Abstraction" Pen and Ink Drawing Black and White Greyscale Geometric
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Wellesley, MA
discovered cache of small ink-wash drawings, all from 1930-33. Some have never been shown before; all are
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

"Untitled Abstraction" Pen and Ink Drawing Black and White Greyscale Geometric
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Wellesley, MA
discovered cache of small ink-wash drawings, all from 1930-33. Some have never been shown before; all are
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

"Untitled Abstraction" Pen and Ink Drawing Black and White Greyscale Geometric
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Wellesley, MA
discovered cache of small ink-wash drawings, all from 1930-33. Some have never been shown before; all are
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen

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