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Portrait Paintings For Sale
Period: 1990s
Period: 1940s
Desolate yet undaunted -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider art, Figurative
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

" D'apres Delacroix" Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"D'apres Delacroix" Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '47 by the artist on the lower left hand corner Oil pai...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Maddalena
Located in Carmel-by-the-sea, CA
From a private collection.
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1990s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

The Nuturing
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Jean Dominique Van Caulert, (1897-1979), although most often associated with his celebrity portraits and works for the theater, he was also a true symbolist in the tradition of the Belgian symbolist's. "The Nurturing", oil on canvas, dated 1947, is Van Caulert's depiction of the nurturing of post war Europe, as the shrouded woman offers an apple to an androgynous figure.
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait, Abstract Painting by David Stern
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Stern Title: Portrait Year: 1997 Medium: Acrylic & Mixed Media on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 30 x 22 inches (76.2 x 55.88 cm)
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1990s Abstract Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

MARILYN - RAINBOW
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Seated Figurative / Ocean Path Landscape - Double Sided Oil Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful double-sided oil painting of the artist Jane Voitel Mellin reading a book and also a landscape of an ocean path on verso by Nicholas Read (American), circa 1975. Unsigned. ...
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1990s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Theresa Thompson"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Jocelyn Wildenstein, Pop Art Painting by Peter Mayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Mayer Title: Joyce Wildenstein Year: 1998 Medium: Acrylic and Silkcreen on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 11 in. x 8 in. (27.94 cm x 2...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

Imerethie II, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Imerethie II, 1924 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 13.5 x 22.5 inches Superb oil painting by the well l...
Category

1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Photo Technician
Located in Miami, FL
We have three Chermayeffs collage portraits and they work as a group. Salander- O'Reilly Galleries, NY Art Planning Consultants New York We have 3 stunning collage portraits by Cher...
Category

1990s Assemblage Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Pencil

Jocelyn Wildenstein, Pop Art Portrait by Peter Mayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Peter Mayer Title: Jocelyn Wildenstein (Purple/Blue) Year: 1998 Medium: Acrylic and Silkscreen on Canvas, signed and dated verso Size: 11 i...
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1990s Street Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Screen, Acrylic

Untitled
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
Category

1990s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

SOPHISTICATED MARILYN
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Girl with a hula hoop - XX Century, Figurative Oil on Board Painting, Coloful
By Jolanta Zdrzalik
Located in Warsaw, PL
Jolanta Zdrzalik (1938-2004) Jolanta Zdrzalik studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow under prof. Witold Chomicz and prof. Konrad Strzednicki. She received her diploma in 1962....
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1990s Other Art Style Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Dishevelled wandering stars -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Manuel Avila Camacho, Time magazine cover, - Journalist Portraiture
Located in Miami, FL
Journalist Portraiture. Gouache on board Signed Lower Right matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. Archivally Matted Not Framed 
 He illustrated more than 300 covers for Time magazine a...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Lise, a Self Portrait of the Artist
Located in Soquel, CA
Self-portrait of the artist, in a pensive seated pose, by Lise Lang Crowley (American, 20th century). Signed "L" lower right and signed "Lise Lang Crowley" on verso. Presented in a r...
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1990s American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Cosmopoilitan Magazine Cover, February 1942
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Cosmopoilitan Magazine Cover, February 1942
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

The sorrows of your changing face -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Art Journalism - War Lessons, Illustration for Collier's, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marta Sawyers. Illustrator Journalist. She was sent to war-ravaged countries to “Paint the Story”. What's unique here? This represents the work an Artist Journalist/War Correspondent...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Despair's unhallowed bed -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Photo Technician
Located in Miami, FL
We have three Chermayeffs collage portraits and they work as a group. Salander- O'Reilly Galleries, NY Art Planning Consultants New York We have 3 stunning collage portraits by Cher...
Category

1990s Assemblage Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Pencil

Time magazine cover, April 6, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
This work is meticulously and brilliantly rendered to capture not only the likeness of the sitter but spirit as well. The image is pushed to the forefront of the composition and s...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Watercolor, Mixed Media, Gouache, Pencil

RMS Laconia, signed oil painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
RMS Laconia, 1921 by Louis Letouche (French 1924-2015) oil painting on linen canvas, stretched over board framed Framed size: 14.25 x 22.75 inches Superb oil painting by the well ...
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1990s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Portrait of a Young Lady"
By Alice Naylor
Located in San Antonio, TX
Alice Naylor Portrait of a young girl. (1892-1974) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 16 x 12 Frame Size: 24 x 21 Medium: Oil Portrait or Self Portrait? Biography Alice Naylor (1892-1974) A painter who preferred watercolor and acrylics, Alice Naylor studied at the University of New Mexico with Andrew Dasburg and the San Antonio Art Institute with Xavier Gonzales...
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1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

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Oil

Boy with Molotov Cocktail, Russia Invades Germany
Located in Miami, FL
This work sells itself. Just look at it and an elaborate explanation is not required. There is virtually no one alive who can paint a picture like Crockwell. Hand-signed by artist, sticker label, Signed lower left Provenance: National Museum of American Illustration , Newport, Rhode Island Crockwell gives us a complex and inventive composition by showing two wonderful portaits in the foreground and beyond a broken wall...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

Wrapping like fog upon its breast -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

DOUBLE MARILYN - NORMA JEAN (RED)
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

A lonely ghost the ghost is -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider art painting
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

"Faccia Ubriaca" by Enzio Wenk, 1993-1997 - Mixed Media on Canvas, Portrait
Located in Bresso, IT
Translated title: "Drunken face". Mixed media on canvas.
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1990s Expressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Wandering out in the dark -Daniel Erban, 20th Century, Outsider Figurative paint
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint on paper Signed Unique work
Category

1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Paper

Mississippi John Hurt, Portrait Painting by George Hunt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Hunt, American Title: Mississippi John Hurt Year: 1993 Medium: Acrylic on Paper, signed Size: 40 x 29 inches Frame: 44.25 x 33.25 inches
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1990s Folk Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

La Nobildonna - Il Guanto Rosso (Noblewoman - The Red Glove) - Oil on Canvas
Located in Roma, IT
Signed lower left: FANTUZZI. Archived in the General Catalogue of Eliano Fantuzzi, No. A-6, order number 15/76741. Very good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under ex...
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Beautiful Boy Portrait
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning acrylic and pencil figurative of a beautiful young man by California artist Erika Whiteway (American, b. 1954). Signed and dated lower right "Whiteway, 2/90". Unframed. Size...
Category

1990s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil, Acrylic, Canvas, Board

MARILYN - GLAMOUR
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Paula"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Rushelle in the Garden"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Masonite

Young Lady, French Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed Mid Century
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Young Lady, Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on right hand corner Oil painting on board, unframed Board...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"Le Baiser d'apres Boucher", Impressionist Portrait, Oil Painting, Signed By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed and dated '1947' by the artist on the lower left hand c...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Criminal Night" by Enzio Wenk, 1992 - Portrait on Blue Canvas, NeoExpressionism
Located in Bresso, IT
Acrylic on canvas.
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1990s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Malcolm Little" Pop Art Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Large abstract portrait of human rights activist Malcolm X titled "Malcolm Little" by artist Patrick Lace made of three attached canvases, cir...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Durga 97, Mixed Media on Board, Red, Yellow, Green by Indian Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Durga 97 - 10 x 8 inches (unframed size) Durga the Third Eye. Mixed Media on Board Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. In Indian Mythology the Goddess Durga h...
Category

1990s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media, Board, Acrylic

"Jewel"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899 - 1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

BLUE THINKER
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed on front by the artist. Studio stamp on verso. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable off...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

"Skeletype Grape, " Acrylic & Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Skeletype Grape" is an original acrylic painting and pastel on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features an abstract portrait o...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Found Objects, Pastel, Acrylic

DOUBLE MARILYN- NORMA JEAN (BLACK)
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All ...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Lady in Yellow, Impressionist Portrait, Signed Oil Painting By French artist Claude Benard, (1926 - 2016) Signed by the artist on the lower right ha...
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1940s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Uncle Sam
Located in Missouri, MO
This is an original oil on velvet painting created c. 1942. Syd Cockell was an accomplished American illustrator during World War II.
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Yosuke Matsoke, Time magazine cover illustration , July 7, 1941
Located in Miami, FL
Ernest Hamlin Baker is one of America's greatest artist that no one has ever heard of. Take a look at his full body of work. If you haven't noticed, Ernest Hamlin Baker is an excepti...
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Gouache

DANZA DE LA SULTANA
Located in Aventura, FL
Original oil painting on canvas. Hand signed on front; hand signed and titled on verso by the artist. Frame size approx 28.75 x 37 in. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificat...
Category

1940s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

LIVING ROOM (WOMAN)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original painting on canvas. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Custom framed with hand painted fillet. Canvas size 14 x 18 in. Framed size approx 22.25 x 26.25 in. Ar...
Category

1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

The Bouquet Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a woman holding a bouquet of flowers by Helen Enoch Gleiforst (American, 1903-1997). Signed "Gleiforst" lower right. Unframed. From the Estate of Helen Gleiforst. Helen...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

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Linen, Oil

DOUBLE MARILYN - THE HOLLYWOOD STAR
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Canvas is not stretched. Certificate of authenticity included. All...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

SINATRA - OL BLUE EYES
Located in Aventura, FL
Hand signed by the artist on verso. Hand Painted Unique Silkscreen on Canvas. Artwork is in excellent condition. Original Steve Kaufman Art Studio Certificate of tirage included. C...
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1990s Pop Art Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Portrait of Bert Lahr - Circus Performer - Modernism
Located in Miami, FL
A recent Kuhn Circus Performer sold for $312,000 at Bonhams, NY Bert Lahr shined in the role of The Cowardly Lion in the Wizard of OZ. Here he is depict...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Man in Red
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original oil on linen painting by emerging contemporary artist Anthony Leone, currently featured as part of the artists's solo exhibition Grape Farm.
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

"Nina Ponema Puno (Young Girl from Puno), " Oil on Canvas signed by A. Velazquez
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Nina Ponema - Puno (Young Girl from Puno)" is an original oil painting on canvas by Abelardo Marquez. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This painting depicts a young g...
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Shop Antique and Vintage Portrait Paintings

An elegant and sophisticated decorative touch in any living space, portrait paintings have remained popular throughout the years and are widely loved pieces of art for display in many homes today.

Portrait paintings are at least as old as ancient Egypt, where realistic, lifelike depictions of the recently deceased — commonly known as “mummy portraits” — were painted on wooden panels and affixed to mummies as part of the burial tradition.

For centuries, painters have used portraiture as a means of expressing a subject’s nobility, societal status and authority. Portraits were given as gifts in Renaissance Europe, and a portrait artist might have been commissioned to help mark a significant occasion such as a wedding or a promotion to high office. Prior to the advent of photography, which eventually replaced painted portraits as a quicker and more efficient way of capturing a person’s essence, the subject of a portrait had to sit for hours until the painter had finished. And during the 18th century in particular, if an artist commissioned for a portrait struggled with how to adequately memorialize and capture a subject’s likeness, sometimes a portrait painting wasn’t completed for up to a year.

Whether it’s part of the gallery-style approach to your living-room or dining-room walls or merely inspiration as you devise an eye-grabbing color scheme in your home, a portrait painting is a timeless decorative object for any interior. A landscape painting or sculpture might give you the kind of insight into a specific region of the world or a different culture that you can ascertain only through art. Similarly, when you take the time to learn about the subject of a portrait painting that you bring into your home — the sitter’s history, the relationship between the sitter and the artist should one exist, the story of how the portrait came to be — that work can become intensely personal in addition to its place as an object for an art-hungry corner of your apartment or house.

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