Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
ABSTRACT STYLE
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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Style: Abstract
Color: Beige
Nebula, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
A huge diamond necklace in jewel store adorns the heavens’ bespangled attire; yet lest I’m thought reckless with metaphor, if into this ep...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic un...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Guna II (Abstract Painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna II (Abstract Painting)
Encaustic on Okawara paper - Unframed
The title, Guna (2016), is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
“It’s a key concept in various schools of Hindu philosophy which states there are 3 gunas: goodness, passion and darkness, all present in everyone and everything, but in different proportions. The interplay of the 3 gunas define the character of someone or something, of nature and determines the progress of life”. (Wikipedia)
The pieces in this series are printed with pigmented encaustic on Japanese paper; they are mounted on panel and coated with medium or stand alone like this work on Okawara paper.
These artworks were a reaction to the more serialized and geometric work Adams was doing, a need to break from that and work in a freeing and more physical way.
Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California.
Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Terra Incognita 2 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on 300lb. Arches hotpress paper - Unframed
Snow sees her work as a constant play between order and chaos, logic and emotion. She combi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
15 RV (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
15 RV (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on paper . Unframed.
McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic v...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Gina Werfel
Located in London, GB
Spring (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed
Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures that create bursts of movement and energy. Her colo...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic
in situ
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
(Framed size: 17.5 x 17.5 inches)
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
6 RV (Abstract Drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
6 RV (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on paper. Unframed.
McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic voc...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
William Jacobs "Untitled", original pastel on paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"Untitled" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is an abstract expressionist pastel on paper created in 1969. The artwor...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Calligraph (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Laura Newman
Located in London, GB
Calligraph (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Ink and acrylic on handmade wasli paper - Unframed
Laura Newman's paintings combine geometric delineations of space, ephemeral color fi...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Nell'Ovale - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nell'ovale is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera and watercolor on...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Stem #229 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Stem #229 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on Yupo - Unframed.
Baribeau constructs his paintings layer upon layer, building color, form and texture into viscous, impasto compositions, o...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1292) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1292) (Abstract Painting)
Gouache on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Moiré Indigo (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Moiré Indigo (Abstract painting)
Acrylic on paper and Netting - Framed.
Image's dimensions: 32 x 29 cm/12.5 x 11.4".
The Moiré project is an exercise in optical and formal aesthet...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Ana Zanic "Origin Aqueous (W-2017-3-7)" - Abstract watercolor on paper
By Ana Zanic
Located in New York, NY
Ana Zanic
Origin Aqueous (W-2017-3-7), 2017
watercolor on paper
40 x 26 in.
(zan221)
This contemporary abstract watercolor painting features large, gestural strokes of transparent b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1960s "Fruit Bowl in Mexico" Gouache & Oil Pastel Abstract Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield
Mexican Fruit Bowl
1960s
Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper
36"x32" unframed $1600
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache
Clench (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Clench (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleidoscopic world...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Pions (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Pions (Abstract work on paper)
Watercolour on paper - Unframed.
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
French abstract artist Jérémie Iordanoff blends the visual languages of Western Mode...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - China ink and Watercolor by M. Gracceva - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva (Roma, 1955) in 2010.
Good condition.
Hand-signed.
China ink and watercolor.
Author of numerous philosophical and...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
RV Float (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
RV Float (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on paper . Unframed.
McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aestheti...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Color stacks plural 4 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary st...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled (ID 1290) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1290) (Abstract Painting)
Pastel and acrylic on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harm...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
ART
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique gouache on handmade paper. Hand signed and dated lower front. Artwork sheet size 8.5 x 10.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Artwork ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Cubist Figure Lounging" Original Ink Drawing South West Artist John Rosa
Located in Arp, TX
John Rosa
"Cubist Figure Lounging"
2000
Ink on paper
11"x8" unframed
Signed and dated in ink lower left
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
RV Look (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
RV Look (Abstract drawing)
Watercolor on paper . Unframed.
McCagg's work is informed and influenced by formal elements such as line and space, which provide an underlying aesthetic...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 19016) (Abstract Painting)
Ink on paper - Unframed.
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings deli...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
P1.13 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
P1.13 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache and collage on Japanese paper - Unframed
This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonie...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper, Pastel
Sarah Irvin "There we Go" - Abstract ink on Yupo paper
By Sarah Irvin
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin
There we Go, 2020
ink on Yupo paper
26 x 40 in.
(irv082)
Sarah Irvin's work is concerned with explorations of autobiography, family history, genetic heritage, and memory...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Synthetic Paper
4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
By Jill Moser
Located in London, GB
4.29 15 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Gouache on archival paper - Unframed.
Jill Moser is an American abstract artist whose work explores the intersection of “painting, writing...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
Adjacent 6 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
Adjacent 6 (Abstract drawing)
Pencil and paint stick on paper.
This piece is one of a group of works on paper made with paint sticks and pencil on paper that has been primed with g...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
By Tracey Adams
Located in London, GB
Guna TT (Abstract painting)
Encaustic on Shikoku paper - Unframed.
The title, Guna, is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘string, thread or strand’ and was inspired by Adams yoga practice.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Encaustic
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
4th floor (Abstract Painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil, Paper
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 47 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Watercolor on hot press paper - Unframed
This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit a...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Damier 20153 (Abstract painting)
By Martin Reyna
Located in London, GB
Damier 20153 (Abstract painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediu...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Ice blossoms (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Ice blossoms (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving b...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973.
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (ID 1283) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1283) (Abstract Painting)
Oil on paper. Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emer...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14
By Ellen Priest
Located in London, GB
Jazz: Thinking Out Loud, Reaching for Song #13/14
Flashe and pencil on paper - Unframed.
Sold as a diptych, each panel's dimensions are 30 x 30"/ 76 x 76 cm.
This work comes from ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled 2002 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2002 (Abstract Painting)
Pastel on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Lighthouse - Original Gouache by Valezy - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Lighthouse is an original artwork realized by André Valezy (1920-1972).
Original colored Gouache painting signed VALEZY from 1955.
The artwork represents a lighthouse and ship with...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink #5 (Abstract painting)
Ink, watercolor on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12.25” x 8.25 - 31 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
P3.13 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
P3.13 (Abstract painting)
Gouache on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements of found colored papers ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Organic Geometry (El Buey I) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Organic Geometry (El Buey I) (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
In this series, Michael Barringer wants to make deeply felt, poeti...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting)
Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed.
In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Acrylic
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic u...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
All over the world (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on Montval paper - Unframed
Martina Nehrling is an American abstract artist whose dynamic and richly textured paintings evoke kaleido...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
13.1.16 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
13.1.16 (Abstract Drawing)
Pen and inkjet on paper - Unframed.
Richard Caldicott drawings have a minimal esthetic, an architectural character, created with only one or two lines. P...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Ecuadorian Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled 13
By Doïna Vieru
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor on Hahnemuhle paper - artwork unframed for $300
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Finite Field (Abstract painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
By Claude Tétot
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2 (Abstract painting)
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed
Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic un...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Acrylic, Paper
Clifford Ellis Mid-Century Abstract drawing Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of paintings and drawings from Clifford and Rosemary Ellis's studio. To find more scroll down to "More from this Selle...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Warren 85. 18 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Warren 85. 18 (Abstract Painting)
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed.
Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work ...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil
Across The View, Abstract Digital Manipulation Print on Paper, 2021
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Across The View, Abstract Digital Manipulation Print on Paper, 2021
12" x 16" (HxW) printed on archival paper
This work features a digitally manipulated image of a colorful western ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Memory Flow
By Teri Brudnak
Located in Boston, MA
Artist commentary:
I am fascinated by the history of textiles. Dying and weaving going back for thousands of years; sometimes a fragment is found in a desert excavation that has sur...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Digital
Adjacent 5 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
Adjacent 5 (Abstract drawing)
Pencil and paint stick on paper. Unframed.
This piece is one of a group of works on paper made with paint sticks and pencil on paper that has been pri...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
Untitled Quarantine #1 (Abstract Painting)
By Irene Nelson
Located in London, GB
Untitled Quarantine #1 (Abstract Painting)
Watercolour and ink on paper - Unframed.
This artwork is exclusive to IdeelArt.
The works of San Francisco Bay Area-based abstract paint...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors 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 abstract drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Martin Reyna , Mila Akopova, Jaanika Peerna, and Sumit Mehndiratta. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.5 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract drawings and watercolors 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 $1 and tops out at $400,000, while the average work sells for $1,502.
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