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Art For Sale
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Rudi S. - Original Offset and Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
Rudi S. is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n.42 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der Malik-V...
Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph, Paper, Offset

BREAKING POINT, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
A series of paintings studying men and anger. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to ...
Category

Early 2000s Art

Materials

Oil

Landscape - Original Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in Black Marker realized in the mid-20th Century by an unknown artist. Good Conditions except for fo some folding and cut-away. The artwork is depi...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Permanent Marker

Vivid 13
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original Orit Fuchs Painting
Category

2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Deborah Azzopardi, Gossip, Limited Edition Silkscreen Print, Edition of 2/10
Located in London, GB
Limited Edition Silkscreen Print Framed: 106.8 x 106 cm 42 1/8 x 41 3/4 in. Unframed: 91.4 x 91.4 cm 36 x 36 in. Edition of 10 (#2/10) Artist Signature bottom right corner ----------- Deborah...
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2010s Pop Art Art

Materials

Screen, Paper

Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography)
Located in London, GB
Intersect # 201503 (Abstract photography) Chromogenic Print Face-mounted 4.5mm Plexiglas - Unframed. Available on request 5-6 week turnaround. Backed with Dibond and C-channel hangi...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Plexiglass, C Print

VANITY FAIR
Located in Aventura, FL
Cécile Plaisance uses a technique of lenticular developing, super imposing images which creates an image of Barbie from a functional role to undressed. From Lens Series. Edition of...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lenticular

Paix
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Jean-François LARRIEU (1960) (France) is an artist born in 1960 The oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Acrylic

Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Marc Chagall Medium: Original lithograph Title: Adam and Eve are Banished from Paradise Portfolio: Drawings for the Bible From VERVE, Vol. X, Nos. 37 and 38. Unsigned and un...
Category

1960s Art

Materials

Lithograph

Graceful Touch I, Screenprint by Michael Knigin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Michael Knigin, American (1942 - 2011) Title: Graceful Touch I Year: 1984 Medium: Serigraph, signed in pencil Edition: AP Size: 21.5 x 35 in. (54.61 x 88.9 cm)
Category

1980s Abstract Art

Materials

Screen

Photograph of Steve Rubell for Interview Magazine, ie.
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A photograph by Andy Warhol. "Photograph of Steve Rubell for Interview Magazine, ie." is a Polaroid, Polacolor by American pop artist Andy Warhol. The art...
Category

Late 20th Century Pop Art Art

Materials

Polaroid

Pride Closet
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

FLINCH 10, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
Why do we flinch when someone raises their hand? :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: ...
Category

Early 2000s Art

Materials

Oil

The Light That Won't Turn Off
Located in Boston, MA
Artist Commentary: This piece is part of a series I've been working on about my recent trip visiting family in the Philippines. The paintings all contain layered elements of plants, ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Panel

Nude - Lithograph by Ugo Rambaldi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an color lithograph on cardboard realized by Ugo Rambaldi. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numbered, edition 42/150. The state of preservation is very good. Th...
Category

1970s Contemporary Art

Materials

Lithograph

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No.219
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas - artwork can be shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

High Finance - Original Lithograph by George Grosz - 1923
Located in Roma, IT
High finance is an original offset and lithograph realized by George Grosz. The artwork is the plate n. 33 from the portfolio Ecce Homo published between 1922/1923, edition of Der M...
Category

1920s Expressionist Art

Materials

Lithograph

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Visual Healing 11
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigments on archival canvas, ed. of 7 each - shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Archival Pigment

Candied Fruit as Sweet as Honey to a Bee - Photograph by Cindi Emond - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Candied Fruit as Sweet as Honey to a Bee is a lovely photograph on pearl photographic paper realized by the artist Cindi Emond in 2016. Limited edition n. 7 of 10 prints. Hand-signe...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

FLINCH 3, Painting, Oil on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
She's not afraid of anyone. :: Painting :: Abstract Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: Yes :: Signe...
Category

Early 2000s Art

Materials

Oil

Siren I, Oil Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A modernist portrait combining a realistic face and an abstract figure. Artist Ryan Pickart uses bold linework to explore how the mi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Fire (Paradise Paintings) - large, geometric, abstract, group series, acrylic
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A dark, forest green square is flanked by smaller squares of indigo, red and pale yellow on a hot ground of brushed red, orange and yellow in this bold acrylic on canvas. Aptly titled "Fire" this powerful image is part of the Paradise group of paintings. The eight canvases in this group are titled after the Paradise Papers, reflecting narratives of wealth, the ways in which it is made and inequality. Milly Ristvedt (b. 1942, Kimberley, BC) RCA, began her career in Toronto in 1964 after studies with Takao Tanabe at the Vancouver School of Art. At 24, her work was included in the Centennial Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Noces Champêtres [Rustic Wedding]
Located in Mount Vernon, NY
Signed artist proof of screened print by French artist Maurice Louis Savin (1894-1973), illustrating a celebratory scene of dancing and drinking at a country wedding...
Category

Late 20th Century Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original Vintage Poster El Vino Es La Mas Sana Wine The Healthiest Drink Pasteur
Located in London, GB
Original vintage alcohol drink advertising poster with a quote by the renowned French chemist, microbiologist and bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895): Wine is the Healthiest and Most Hygienic of Beverages / El Vino...
Category

1940s Art Deco Art

Materials

Paper

Cycliste #Tous2024, 2019
Located in ATLANTA, GA
Mauro Corda’s figurative sculptures maintain a reverence for classical and modernist traditions, while also expressing the artist’s voice. Though born in France, the artist hails fro...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin

Poetic - Contemporary Art, Yellow, Red, Flower, 21st Century, Portrait, Diptych
Located in Berlin, DE
Poetic (diptych), 2014 Acrylic on canvas 39 3/8 H x 55 1/8 W in. 100 H x 140 W cm (reproduced at page 66, in the catalogue 'Mythical Flesh' by Mark Gisbourne, Diana Dochia - Printed ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Hopscotch
Located in ATLANTA, GA
You meet the Spanish artist Alexandro Santana and you think, cripes, can he be for real? So handsome, so flamboyant, so seductive, so amusing -- you’...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Art

Materials

Oil

Sunset. Oil on canvas, 50X80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Sunset. Oil on canvas, 50X80 cm Sunset in warm orange colors The artist Vadim Kovalev was born in 1968 in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where he is also...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waxwing - Figurative, Acrylic, Animals, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
*** Please note: Pictures of painting in frame are only a visualization. Painting is sold unframed Magdalena Nałęcz (b. 1970) She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow i...
Category

2010s Other Art Style Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Ranunculus World
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Siobhan O’Dwyer is a creative artist splitting her time between New York City and Southern California. Working as a full-time pharmacist in the beginning of her cr...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

July Notes, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
This square abstract is a celebration of summer. Bright primary colors - yellow, red, orange and aqua, reminding rainbow, are applied with bold brush strokes and palette knives on a textured canvas, The layers of distressed shapes interact with fine geometric lines and circles creating rhythm. This warm painting...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Sunny Oscar II (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL APRIL 15TH ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* Celebrating the Academy with this Limited Oscar Art...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Giclée

Nudes - Original Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original drawing in Pencil realized by an unknown artist in the mid-20th Century. The status of preservation is Good except for some foxings. The artwork is depicted sk...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Pencil

"Abandoned Texas, No Gas but Hot as Hell, " abstract, landscape, blue, monoprint
Located in Natick, MA
Patty deGrandpre’s “Abandoned Texas, No Gas but Hot as Hell” is a 12.5 x 10.75 inch unique abstract landscape inkjet monoprint represented on 14 x 11 inch Awagami Bamboo paper embrac...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Color, Digital, Monoprint

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Visual Healing 6
Located in Paris, IDF
Archival pigments on archival canvas, ed. of 7 each - shipped in a tube or framed in a crate
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Archival Pigment, Canvas

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Running the Light (Abstract painting) Gouache on matte board. Unframed. This work is part of an early series made in 1998 where Gordon explored with free flowing interacting with c...
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Gouache, Board

Musicians, Acrylic on Canvas, Red, Yellow, Pink by Contemporary Artist"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Samir Sarkar - Untitled - 36 x 72 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on Canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : He says, “All my paintings have people wearing some headgear...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled 1 (Graphic Abstract Painting on Paper in Peach, Red & Light Orange)
Located in Hudson, NY
Graphic abstract painting on paper in complementary shades of peach, light orange, and red with details of pale sage green "Untitled 1" by Jenny Kemp, painted in 2019 gouache on paper, unframed 15 x 11 inches Signed verso Jenny Kemp’s abstract paintings are inspired by the artist’s desire to represent unseen phenomenon. With intricate and calculated line-work, the artist builds parallel layers against opaque backgrounds, while shifts in color and shape call attention to organic forms that give reference to the human body or atomic structures. Precise lines seem to vibrate the transitions of color in shades of ruby and blush red complemented by amorphous forms in peach and light orange. Two circles of pale sage green contrast against the areas of red and orange. The drawing is currently unframed, measuring 15 x 11 inches. About the artist: Jenny Kemp received a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MFA in Painting from the University at Albany. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, most recently at Gold/Scopophilia* in Montclair, NJ and the Mandeville Gallery at Union College in Schenectady, NY. She has been featured in publications such as 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames & Hudson, New American Paintings, The Huffington Post, Seattle’s City Arts, New York Times, and The New England Review. Kemp is also a recipient of the 2015 NYFA fellowship in painting and the 2015 Emerging Artist Award recipient from the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. She sits on the board of Collar Works, an art space dedicated to the support of emerging and under-represented artists exhibiting challenging and culturally relevant contemporary artworks in Troy, NY where she lives and works. EDUCATION MFA - Painting, University at Albany, SUNY 2012 BS - Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2002 EXHIBITIONS 2019 Gold / Scopophilia* Art on Paper, Pier 36, NYC Steady Curve Gold / Scopophilia*, Montclair, NJ (solo) 2018 Slow Grow Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY (solo) FENCE + ECHO, Far x Wide, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jes Cannon) Crazy Beautiful III, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Three Square, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) 2017 When We Were Young: Rethinking Abstraction from the University at Albany Art Collections (1967-present) University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY Surface 4, ARENA at Brooklyn Dermatology, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Renée Riccardo) The Whitney Houston Biennial: Greatest Love of All, Chashama, NYC (curated by Christine Finely) 2016 Reality is Wrong, Dreams are Real, David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Phil and Sue Knoll) Squared, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Something Else, The Painting Center, New York, NY (curated by Dee Shapiro and Miriam Brumer) Living Color, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2 person) 2015 Howdy Doody, Collar Works, Troy, NY (curated by Leona Christie) Remains to be Seen, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Painting Parallels, GRIDSPACE, Brooklyn, NY (solo) Double Vision, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY (2 person) Mohawk Hudson Invitational Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY Snowbirds Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Valentine’s Day Cardiovascular, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Variations in Paint (invitational), The Painting Center, New York, NY 2014 100 Painters of Tomorrow: New York Exhibition, One Art Space, New York, NY Mohawk Hudson Regional, Albany Institute of History and Art (juror: Stephen Westfall) Tracery, PS209 Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY Connections Todd Art Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (2 person) Perceptions Opalka Gallery at Sage College, Albany, NY Modern Artists Carrie Haddad Gallery, Husdson, NY 2013 Second Nature Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY Admit One Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Works by Jenny Kemp and Richard Harrington Gallery 105, curated by MCLA Gallery 51, N. Adams, MA An Early Spring Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2012 Recent work and new paintings on paper Fulton Street Gallery (solo) FISSURE GalleryEll online exhibition, curated by Amanda Kates In Orbit Little Gallery at Sage College of Albany. Albany, NY. Works on Paper Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY MFA National Competition First Street Gallery, NYC. Juror: John Yau BioLogical Salem Art Works Carry House Gallery, Salem, NY MFA Thesis Exhibition University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY 2011 Back to School Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Fence Select The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Juror: Carrie Haddad Honorable Mention Chain Letter Samson Projects, Boston, MA SUNY Best of Show New York State Museum, Albany, NY Members Only Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Fountain Art Fair Pier 66, New York, NY Nathan Meltz with Jenny Kemp and Doug Holst...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Leandro Franco - Lips Trilogy #1
Located in New York City, NY
Leandro Franco Lips Trilogy #1, 2020 (Fashion Photography) 20 x 20 inches 50 x 50cm edition of 13 Archival Pigment Print Signature Label. Signed, titled, numbered and dated by th...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Original Vintage WWII Political Poster Strike Now In The West Communist Party GB
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two political propaganda poster issued by the Communist Party of Great Britain - Strike now in the West and finish th...
Category

1940s Art

Materials

Paper

Untitled (Arrows), Graffiti Sculpture by John Crash Matos
Located in Long Island City, NY
A unique spray painted cut steel sculpture by New York Graffiti artist, John "Crash" Matos. signed and dated lower edge. Crash (b. John Matos, Bronx, New York, Oct. 11, 1961) is a g...
Category

2010s Street Art Art

Materials

Steel

Agent Orange
Located in Sante Fe, NM
Anonymous Women: Domestic Demise In the latest narratives, “Domestic Demise,” the woman becomes the victim of domestic disasters. Her activities, obsessions and objects are overwhel...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Wayward Way (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
The Wayward Way (Abstract painting) Acrylic on canvas - Unframed. Note that this artwork will be sent rolled in a tube if shipped outside the United States. This method is especia...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Breakfast at Tiffanys
Located in Deddington, GB
Maggie LaPorte Banks. Breakfast at Tiffanys [2021] original Acrylic and mixed medium on canvas Image size: H:50 cm x W:50 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:50 cm x W:50 cm x D:.0...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Golden Girl 1 - Signed limited edition pigment print , Large scale photo, model
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Golden Girl 1 Large scale photograph by Michael Banks - Archival Pigment print on fiber based paper ( Hahnemühle Photo RAG Baryta 315 gsm ) Limited Editions of 5 , signed + numbere...
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2010s Abstract Art

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Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Pigment, Archival Pi...

Letter by Libero De Libero - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
L.A.S. s. l. n. d addressed to Countess Pecci Blunt. (13.5x22 cm). Ripped on the bottom edge. As a regular client of the "Aragno" café, "oversaw" by Cardarelli and Francesco Trombadori, the young De Libero finds his place inside the new school of Via Cavour. In that environment, painters like M. Mafai, Antonietta Raphaël...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink

Slingshots
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece: 15Hx11W Mixed inks and watercolors on paper 2021 Free application of media on paper Words that describe this piece:intuitive, action, dynamic, yellow, orange, red
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Futuristic Gaze
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
What Is coming is beyond what you’ve seen, keep the hope alive, the future shines brighter than the past Ships in a well-protected tube from Nigeria This work is unique, this is no...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Art

Materials

Ink, Canvas

Golden Wish
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Kathleen Keifer is a California-based internationally collected artist. She is a leading force of the New California Realism. Kathleen brings a fresh, clean perspective to Contempora...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Divinity, Flying Hair & Sanskrit Script, Orange &Green, Acrylic Canvas"In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sukanta Das - Untitled - 36 x 24 inches (unframed size) Acrylic on canvas Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Juxtaposing the mundane with the exotic, Das’ work is usually ...
Category

2010s Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Fashion Figure - Original Lithograph by Andrè Wal - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Fashion FIgure is an original artwork realized by Andrè Wal, in 1940s. Beautiful Lithograph on ivory paper. Good conditions. Illegible signature in pencil on the bottom center ma...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Summer Marsh
Located in Denver, CO
Summer Marsh
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Art

Materials

Panel, Oil

Red Flame - Oil Paint by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Red Flame is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020. Oil on canvas mounted on plywood. Hand signed by the artist on the back. H...
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Equilibrio Espacial VI, 2010
Located in ATLANTA, GA
The painter and sculptor Martín Carral studied Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona. Carral has been painting gravitational waves for many years, an ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media

Abstract 20th Century French still life with figs, lemons and a vase of flowers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Maurice Potier (French, 1926 – 2002) Oranges, figs, lemons and a vase of flowers Oil on canvas Signed ‘M Potier’ (lower right), Further signed and dated Maurice Potier / 1994. 27.3/8...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Emotional Creation #323, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
EMOTIONAL free intuitive spontaneous visceral intense colorful explosive sensitive abstract impetuous bold temperamental effusive energetic pure intimate passionate unique warm exuberant luminous impulsive genuine happy undefined vibrant CREATION This is a one of a kind painting, an absolutely spontaneous, vibrant and unique creation by me, Carla SÃ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic

Under: abstract gestural expressionist painting w/ reds, pinks, white & darks
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is an abstract acrylic on panel painting with bold, gestural brushwork reminiscent of the style of Gerhardt Richter. Predominant colors are reds, pinks, white and darks. It has all hanging hardware attached; no need for additional framing. Works particularly well in a pair or series. Will combine shipping for multiple purchases. Elyce Abrams...
Category

2010s Abstract Art

Materials

Acrylic, Wood Panel

Palm Suite
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Lucidity, color and energy are important elements in her work. The clean-cut divisions, forms and color combinations find their origin in reality, which is transf...
Category

2010s Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

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