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Landscape Paintings For Sale
Period: 1950s
Period: 1930s
Antique French Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting Village Bell Tower 1950
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3956 French Impressionist landscape on artist board set in a gilt wood frame
Image size 11.5x7.75"
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Antique American School Modernist Racetrack Horse Portrait Landscape Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted modernist horserace scene. Finely framed. Oil on board. Framed. Image size, 12H x 16L. Signed.
Category
1930s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Impressionist Upstate New York Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Signed verso. Really nicely framed. Great color and thick impressionist impasto. Image size, 10L x 8H.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
The Racken Group Artist Ture Anders Painting Autumn at Lake Racken, From 1951
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ture Ander was a Swedish painter renowned for his participation in the artist community the Racken group. At the age of 13, Ander moved to Stockholm as a pa...
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Mid-Century Modern Swedish Street Scene Landscape Oil Painting - Row of Houses
Located in Bristol, GB
ROW OF HOUSES
Size: 31 x 35 cm (including frame)
Oil on Canvas Board
An expressive and lively mid-century modernist style composition, executed in oil onto canvas board.
Small yet ...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Canvas, Oil
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Airacuda Fighter Planes Art Deco Machine Age 20th Century American Modernism
Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981)
Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Fighter Planes
17 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches
Gouache, Airbrush and Ink on Illustration Board, 1938
Signed A. Ross lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
BIO
Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s.
He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure.
In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood
and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935.
He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2.
It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war.
Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959.
He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job.
Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955.
They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross.
He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
La Senna a Parigi Olio cm. 42 x 34 1930
Located in Torino, IT
Piccolo olio che raffigura un angolo di Parigi, La senna e una piccola Chiatta
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Gondolier on a Canal - Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Antoine Bouvard
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed impressionist landscape oil on canvas circa 1930 by French painter Antoine Bouvard Snr. The work depicts a gondolier sailing a gondola on a Venetian Canal. The last light of t...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Autumn in the city. 1958, oil on cardboard, 55, 5 x 43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Autumn in the city.
1958, oil on cardboard, 55,5x43 cm
Alfejs Bromults (1913.3.IV - 1991.11.I)
His first professional education was at National University at studies to R.Suta, J....
Category
1950s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Novembre au bord de l’eau
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PAULÉMILE PISSARRO (1884-1972)
Novembre au bord de l’eau
Oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm (18 1/8 x 24 inches)
Signed,
Painted circa 1950s
Paulémile Pissarro, Camille Pissarro’s youngest s...
Category
1950s Renaissance Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
French Mediterranean Provencal Oil On Canvas, Boats in Martigues, 1940-1950s
By François Bernard
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
French mediterranean provencal painting. Oil on canvas by François Bernard, France, 1940-1950s. Boats in Martigues, Provence. With frame : 61x111 cm - 24x43.7 inches, without frame :...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Venezia Olio su tavoletta cm. 30 x 19 1930
Located in Torino, IT
Veduta di Venezia dal Canal Grande,si vede campanile e piazza San Marco
Piccola opera olio su tavoletta in legno del pittore Milanese Del Bon
Pittor...
Category
1930s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood, Oil
Vintage Signed Southern Pine Forest Wild Horse Sand Trail Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Oil on board by Cynthia Norton Eckstrom (1925 - 2015) . Framed. Image size, 18H x 14L. Signed.
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
La Porte Saint Denis, Paris - Post Impressionist Cityscape Oil by Lucien Genin
By Lucien Génin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on original canvas figures in landscape circa 1930 by French post impressionist painter Lucien Genin. The work is centred around the Porte Saint-Denis - a triumphal arch located in Paris, France. The street is bustling with city-goers and cars pass by the tall buildings painted in red, yellow and white.
Signature:
Signed lower left
Dimensions:
Framed: 27"x31"
Unframed: 20"x24"
Provenance:
Private French collection
Lucien Génin came from a family of stone-cutters. He first studied at the art school in Rouen, then in 1919 entered the École des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. He settled in Montmartre early in the 1920s, and in 1936 moved to the Latin Quarter. Although he had received a thorough training, he created his own completely spontaneous technique aiming at approaching his subjects with a fresh look. Beside a few views of Rouen, Lorient, Dinan and Villefranche-sur-Mer, Génin specialised in the popular theme of views of Paris. He worked swiftly, making rapid jottings, and thus could produce many paintings. At auction his pictures were sometimes sold in lots. He painted both in oils and in gouache.
Lucien Génin showed work at the Salon d'Automne in 1926 and 1930. His work featured at the Marcel Aymé and the Painters exhibition, Galerie Roussard...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Country Landscape
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A serene impressionist landscape with wonderful use of colors.
Fernand Toussaint was born in Brussels 1873. He is remembered for his still-lifes and figurative subjects.
Framed size ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Memphis Tennessee Signed Huge Exhibited Abstract Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Exhibited.
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French Impressionist River landscape, Rolleboise on the Seine, Paris
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist French River landscape, with boats, a boat house.
Rolleboise on the Seine
Choosing to acquire a French 1950s Impressionist river landscape by Frederic Luce is an oppo...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Capri
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood
Golden wooden frame
58.5 x 48.5 x 3 cm
Category
1930s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
English Impressionist mid 20th century view of Piccadilly Circus, trams London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Impressionist Mid Century Modern, Book sellers by the Seine , Paris, France
Located in Woodbury, CT
Acquiring a French mid-20th-century modern Impressionist view of book sellers along the Seine, with Notre Dame in Paris by Joseph Tretter is an opportunity...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist mid 20th century view of Trafalgar Square, Nelsons Column London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Monumental American Modernist Abstract Art Nouveau Fall Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstracted landscape oil painting. Oil on board. Framed. No signature found.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harbor Scene With Sailboats Seascape
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Harbor Scene With Sailboats Seascape
Signed lower left, canvas 20x20, about 1930-40.
Emile Albert Gruppé was born 1896 in Rochester, New York. He lived the early years of his life in...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cotton Canvas
Untitled (Paris Street)
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful, 1950s period Paris Street scene by artist Marcel Godin.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Impressionist mid century view of Hammersmith Bridge over the Thames London
Located in Woodbury, CT
Pietro Sansalvadore was active during the early to middle of the 20th century.
He painted in an Impressionist manner and on a small scale.
Acquiring a late 19th-century Impressionist painting of Hammersmith Bridge by the Italian painter Pietro Sansalvadore is an opportunity to own a captivating piece of art that transcends both time and cultural boundaries. Sansalvadore's unique perspective, influenced by the Impressionist movement, infuses this painting with a luminous quality that captures the atmospheric essence of Hammersmith Bridge in a way that only a skilled artist with an international perspective could achieve.
This masterpiece not only showcases the artist's mastery in capturing light and movement but also represents a harmonious fusion of Italian artistic sensibilities with the iconic English landmark. The play of colors and the subtle brushstrokes transport the viewer to the late 19th century, offering a glimpse into the allure and dynamism of that period.
Owning this painting is not just acquiring a visual delight; it's investing in a historical and cultural artifact...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Mid Century San Antonio Texas Hill Country Landscape
By Grace M. Reeser
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful autumn landscape by Grace M. Reeser (American, 20th Century). Presented in a giltwood frame. Signed "Grace Reeser" lower left. Titled "Texas Hill Country" and signed "Grace...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Bailing Hay
42 x 40 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
Signed lower right
Unframed
Our gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, "Jo Cain: Echoes of an Era," a tribute to the enduring legacy of Joseph Lambert Cain and a celebration of his art that transcends time and remains relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all are available on 1stDibs.
BIO
JOSEPH LAMBERT CAIN (1904–2003)
A painter, muralist, and art educator, Joseph Cain...
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Trompe L'Oeil "Old Town Chicago" Signed Van Zandt Street Scene Modern Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist street scene painting. OIl on board. Framed. Signed "Van Zandt 50". Really finely painted and an interesting subject as well!
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Arley - Staffordshire Heights England Landscape and Meadows by Melin
Located in Soquel, CA
Arley - Staffordshire Heights England Landscape and Meadows by Melin
Wonderful landscape of Arley in Staffordshire Heights by A. Melin (English, 19th-20th C.) English Country road in...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Linen
Two Old Men Sitting - Mid 20th Century Impressionist Oil Pastel by William Mason
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
William Mason (1906-2002) was a painter born in Newport, Wales, who studied at Newport College of Art and the Royal College of Art. Aside from painting he also taught at Scarborough...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Antique American Impressionist Lower Manhattan New York Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist street scene oil painting by Anthony Springer (1928 - 1995). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. Image size size, 20H x 16L.
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Surreal Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on paper. Framed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Seaside Town Impressionist - Mid 20th Century Watercolor by Ruth Burden
By Ruth Burden
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Ruth Burden’s (1925 - 1911) work captures the essence of her subject matter in a bold yet slightly quirky style. Her subjects were the things most familiar to her – people, places an...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Thought Provoking Rock Quarry - Mid Century Abstract
Located in Miami, FL
This meticulously planned, designed, and executed work depicts an ultra-wide angle view of a rock quarry/mine. The viewer looks down at close-up-stylized rock formations and then ou...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Board
Impressionistic View over Strandvägen, Stockholm
Located in Stockholm, SE
This painting by Bernhard Oscarsson (1894-1977) is a captivating visual narrative of Stockholm's serene beauty. Oscarsson, a student of Caleb Althin's painting school and the Royal S...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
East Santa Cruz (California), Farm House with Storm Clouds Landscape Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"East Santa Cruz (California)" is an oil on canvas board by Jon Blanchette (1908-1987) of a yellow farm house with dark gray storm clouds overhead. Presented in a custom frame, outer dimensions measure 21 ¾ x 25 ¾ x 1 ½ inches. Image size is 16 x 20 inches.
Painting is in very good vintage condition - please contact us for a detailed condition report.
Expedited and international shipping is available - please contact us for a quote.
About the Artist:
Jon Blanchette
Born England, 1908
Died California, 1987
Jon Blanchette was born in Somerset, England on March 29, 1908. He immigrated to Battle Creek, Michigan in 1918. Artistically inclined at age six, he later studied at the Pittsburgh Art...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Canvas
The Outer Banks North Carolina - Fishing Boats Oil on Canvas 1930s
Located in Soquel, CA
The Outer Banks North Carolina - Fishing Boats Oil on Canvas 1930s
Oil painting depicting two wooden canoes on the Outer Banks North Caroli...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Illustration Board, Canvas, Oil
"View from the Docks on the East River, New York" Bela de Tirefort, Cityscape
Located in New York, NY
Bela de Tirefort
View from the Docks on the East River, New York, 1958
Signed and dated lower right
Oil on canvas
16 x 20 inches
Bela de Tirefort was born in Eastern Europe, painted...
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le champ de coquelicots - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting - Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas figures in landscape by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts workers picking flowers in a poppy field in St Paul de Vence,...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Ferme cauchaise" Tempera cm . 44 x 32 1930
Located in Torino, IT
Luminoso paesaggio della Francia del Nord
Tipica casa della regione della Normandia
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Vintage Abstracted Cape Cod Landscape Original Modernist Pastel Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist landscape pastel painting. Pastel on board. Framed in plexi box.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cloth Fair - City of London Pre-War English Street Scene Oil on Board Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A fine c.1935 oil on board by Rex Vicat Cole which depicts a pre-war view down Cloth Fair, close to West Smithfield and St. Bartholomews Hospital, in the City of London. John George...
Category
1930s Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
Antique French Japanese Modernist Paris Cityscape Signed Sunset Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique modernist cityscape of Paris at sunset by FOUSSA ITAYA (Japanese/French b. 1919). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vintage Monumental Museum Size Modernist Surreal Interior Scene Signed Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist surreal interior scene watercolor painting. Framed. Signed. Amazing detail here!!
Category
1950s Surrealist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Through The Redwoods - California Impressionism Circa 1930s
Located in Soquel, CA
Through The Redwoods - American Impressionist
American Impressionist oil painting depicting a forest of California redwood trees. A giant red...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Rockport Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1931 painting by American artist, Giovanni Martino (1908-1997). Oil on canvas measures 25 x 30 inches. Measures 35 x 39 inches framed. The scene depicts what is definitivel...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Le Petit Dejeuner - Post Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting by Marcel Dyf
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed oil on canvas landscape circa 1950 by sought after French post impressionist painter Marcel Dyf. The work depicts a breakfast table with bread laid out and a blue vase filled ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Monumental Antique American Abstract Expressionist Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract expressionist oil painting. Large scale and incredible quality in person. Confident artist at work here! Nicely framed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Poirier en fleurs by Paulémile Pissarro - Landscape painting
Located in London, GB
Poirier en fleurs by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Oil on canvas
46 x 61 cm (18 ¹/₈ x 24 inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile- Pissarro-
Titled and ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Signed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker
(1929-2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage American Modernist Female Artist Italian Venice View Surreal Painting
By Enid Smiley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist view of Venice by Enid Smiley. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Abstract Expressionist Naturescape Rare Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker. Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American Modernist Cityscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas.
Category
1950s Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American School WPA Washington Square Park New York City Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist New York City scene. A view of washington square park. Signed and dated lower right. Nicely framed. Oil ...
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Vintage Signed Female Modernist Abstract Expressionist Naturescape Oil Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker
(1929-2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Antique American Modernist Signed Female Artist Abstract Expressionist Painting
By Adele Becker
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting by Adele Becker (1929 - 2021). Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category
1950s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape. 1937, oil on cardboard, 34x40 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. 1937, oil on cardboard, 34x40 cm
Reinhold Kasparsons (born 13/9/1889 in Cēsis, died 14/1966 in Riga), painter.
Born in a craftsman's family. Studied at Nītaure school, a...
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
'Expressionist Woodland', Paris, Morocco, Danish Royal Academy, Charlottenborg
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Mogens Valeur" (Danish, 1927-1999) and dated 1956.
Mogens Valeur first studied with Peter Rostrup Boyesen, and later attended the Copenhagen Art Academy. He sub...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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