Abstract Paintings
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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Period: 1990s
Style: Abstract
Recall - Color Cloth on Plywood by Leo Guida - 1997
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Recall (Original Title: Richiamo) is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1997 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Colored cloth on plywood.
Hand-si...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Plywood
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Flame Sunset
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
gouache painting on card, unframed
measurements: 6 x 7 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Colourful Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
gouache painting on card, unframed
measurements: 7 x 7.75 inches
condition: very good
provenance: fr...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Flowers Butterfly Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
signed by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
gouache painting on card, unframed
measurements: 9.25 x 10 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large private c...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Wacky Sea Horse
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
gouache painting on card, unframed
measurements: 9 x 5.5 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large private collection ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Contemporary British Abstract Original Painting Surrealist Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
gouache painting on card, unframed
measurements: 9 x 8 inches
condition: very good
provenance: from a large private collection o...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Two x Contemporary British Abstract Original Paintings Head Portrait Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Compositions
by Sally Vaughan (contemporary)
set of two gouache paintings on card, unframed
measurements: 9.5 x 9.25 and 10.5 x 6 inches
condition: very good
provenance: fro...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Gouache
Surrealist Rose - Original hand signed painting, 1997
Located in Paris, IDF
Michel Guignard
Surrealist Rose, 1997
Original acrylic and gouache painting
Hand signed and dated at the bottom left
Signed on the back
On canson paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 25,5 x 19,6 in...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Acrylic
Green and Blue Abstract Portrait of a Bald Man
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract portrait of a man by artist Carla Nickerson-Adams. This portrait depicts a seated bald man with a green garment with a red and yellow lining. Signed ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Bridge
Located in Riga, LV
Alvis Zemzaris (1961)
Bridge. 1992. Oil on canvas. 50x60 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Castillo 15 Compañeros expressionist abstract litografia
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
die-cut, lithograph, colored with guoache
CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933).
Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only ten years, with crayons, yo...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Acrylic Painting on Canvas and Board -- Devil's Throat
Located in Troy, NY
This acrylic painting on canvas and board features many layers of paint. It is predominately white, with some of the earlier layers left exposed. The impasto of the paint builds beau...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Board
Monumental Rock - intimate, cubist, abstracted landscape, mixed media on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A simple, yet dynamic composition. Blue, green and yellow - colour is used sparingly in this collage, and to great effect. The assemblage is mounted without glass, but within a frame...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic Polymer, Archival Paper
Untitled painting by Jim Alford, abstract gradation, sky blue, mauve, white
By Jim Alford
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Untitled painting by Jim Alford, abstract gradation, sky blue, mauve, white
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Mosaic by Gilbert Pauli - Oil on canvas 27x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Born in 1944 in the canton of Fribourg, Gilbert Pauli currently lives in Geneva, where he devotes himself to painting and sculpture, a passion he developed from his childhood. His fa...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Work N °0843
Located in Genève, GE
Work on Arche paper
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pigment
Australian Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Charcoal on Shaped Paper
By David Rankin
Located in Surfside, FL
David Rankin
American (b. 1946)
Untitled (Black on gray) (1990)
Gouache and charcoal on paper
signed lower left
19 x 15 inches
Rankin is a New York-based, British-born Australian p...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Yogi 1990’s French Abstract Painting of Yoga Figure Amazing Colors framed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Le Yogu
Marc Brotens, dated 1990
signed acrylic painting on canvas, framed
framed: 31 x 23 inches
canvas: 29 x 21 inches
provenance: private collection, France
condition: overall ve...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Bright Colored Streak Contemporary Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Bright sunshine yellow abstract painting with black streaks and blue splatters, by artist Charles Bouille´, 1995. Displayed in a white mat with a gold border and fits a standard-size...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Watercolor
Red-White
Located in Genève, GE
Work on canvas
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Landscape with tower
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Black art abstract painting w/ collage, mixed media & photograph of Tupac Shakur
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
"A Majority of One" is a large, vertical acrylic painting with a photograph portrait of Tupac Shakur and a number of found metal objects integrated into t...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Mixed Media
The direction
Located in Genève, GE
Woodworking
Golden wooden frame
85 x 58 x 4.5 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Three Trees - Urban Abstract Composition in Acrylic
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist urban three trees oil painting by San Francisco artist Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th century). Unsigned, from a collection of his works. Unframed. Image, 36"H x...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Abstract Expressionist Modernist Blue Grey Monoprint Monotype Painting Print
Located in Surfside, FL
Pierre Andre Obando creates process oriented abstract paintings. He was born in Belize City, Belize and grew up in the Caribbean, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Miami, Fl and Jackson, MS.
...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Monoprint, Monotype
Railway Arches & Bridges Abstract Expressionist Art by Modern British Painter
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Expressionist Painting inspired by the Railway Arches & Bridges of the Industrial North of England by Contemporary British Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is a rare,...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Paint, Varnish, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic, Wood, Board
Large Red Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Large Red Block Abstract, Mixed Medium, Original Painting
French School, c. 1990's
signed indistinctly on the bottom of the painting
Mixed medium on canvas, unframed
Canvas size: 40 ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Castillo Compañeros expressionist abstract litografia
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
die-cut, lithograph, colored with guoache
CASTILLO, Jorge (Pontevedra, 1933).
Since childhood, Jorge Castillo is passionate about drawing, and takes only ten years, with crayons, yo...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
In the Garden Abstract Expressionist
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous abstract expressionist landscape by Kristin Cohen (American, 20th Century). From a collection of her works. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 24"H x 18"W.
A California ab...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Robert Kiley Abstract Painting, 78"w
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Robert Kiley (American, 1924-1996)
Marking(s); notes: signed artist's label verso, marking(s); 1990
Materials: acrylic on l...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Acrylic
"The Old Boardwalk" - 1998 Original Abstract Expressionist Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Old Boardwalk" - 1998 Original Abstract Expressionist on Canvas
Colorful abstract expressionist painting titled "The Old Boardwalk" by Charles David (Dave) Francis (American, 2...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Star Formation - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Star Formation - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of color...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Alo Fugaz (Chair)
By Nora Quintero
Located in Troy, NY
This mixed-media painting uses oil sticks, pastels, and acrylics on cardboard paper to achieve an abstract piece that has other elements. Echoing the pastels, the colors are mostly i...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Cardboard
"Buddha with Wings" contemporary abstract painting, oil and tar on linen, framed
Located in Nyack, NY
"Buddha with Wings", contemporary abstract painting by artist Martha Lloyd.
Framed dimensions:
H: 45.5 x W: 41.5 x D: 2 in.
Canvas is framed in a wood ...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Linen, Tar, Oil
"Babushka". Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Early work was impressionistic and hard abstract. Carola later developed a more mature way of working in a colourful exploration of the subject.
Colour was her main interest and she...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Gouache
Emergence. Contemporary Mixed Media Abstract painting
By Kate McKennan
Located in Brecon, Powys
Intricate and lively work
Watercolour, Acrylic paint and Ink. On paper framed
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Watercolor
Black Ground Drawing - Inset Blue & Red with Yellow on White
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
George Dannatt (1915-2009)
Black Ground Drawing - Inset Blue & Red with Yellow on White
1992
Mixed media on black paper
23.8 x 17.4 cm
Vertical orientation
George Dannatt’s long ca...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Minoan Abstract
By Sasha Rogers
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful textural abstract by Sasha Rogers (Canadian, 20th/21st Century). Signed "Sasha S. Rogers '91", titled "Minoan" on verso. Two identifying labels on verso. Displayed in a sla...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Gouache
Still life with flowers cardboard/oil, 70x49 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
City Cardboard/oil, 80x100 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Landscape with red trees cardboard/oil, 67x72 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Aleksandr Rodin (1922-2001)
Painter Born in a family of farmers. Wife Rasma Lace - art scholar. Studied at the Stalingrad School of Art, Saratov Art School, graduated from the Depar...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Confetti I - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Confetti I - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of color hav...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Abstract Expressionist -- Figurative Walk in Golden Gate Park Oil on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful abstract expressionist painting of couple walking through Golden Gate Park titled, "Memorable Day" by California artist and poet Mary Rudge (American, 1929 - 2014), Circa 1...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Newsprint
Abstract Figurative Textured Monoprint
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant and dynamic monoprint by David Stephens (American, 20th Century). Sand (or a similar medium) was used in the pressing of this monoprint, creating a pocked texture in multiple...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Oil
Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Parallel - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Brightly colored composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). A layer of tissue ...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Tissue Paper, Stretcher Bars
Cosmic Creation - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Cosmic Creation - Abstract Expressionist Composition in Acrylic on Canvas
Bold abstract composition by California artist Charles "Dave" Francis (American, 1951-2018). Layers of colo...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars
Umber Garden
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Stephanie Peek – American (1940- )
Title: Umber Garden
Year: 1996
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 10 x 10 inches
Signature: Signed, dated, titled on reverse by the artist
Condit...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique American School Modern Geometric Abstract Signed Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas, circa 1990. Signed. Displayed in a giltwood frame. Image, 16"L x 20"H.
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Canvas, Oil
Tharrats Constellation original abstract acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting. frame
Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massana Scho...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Cardboard
American Modern Abstract Geometric Painting Triangle 1979 Framed Colorful
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original acrylic on paper by American artist Richard Huntington from the artists current exhibition at The Corridors Gallery at Hotel Henry.
Richard Huntington is a writer, printmaker, and painter who lives in Buffalo, N.Y. and San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico. Born in Albany, N.Y., Huntington received a BFA from Syracuse University in 1959 and an MFA in 1963 from the University at Buffalo, where he studied under Seymour Drumlevitch. He taught studio and art history courses at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill.; lived and worked in New York City, where he showed at the Fulton Street Gallery and other venues; was an art critic for the Buffalo Courier...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Archival Paper
Impressionist Portrait of a Woman Original Gouache Watercolor Style of Picasso
Located in Soquel, CA
Impressionist Portrait of a Woman Original Gouache and Watercolor
Impressionist portrait in the style of Picasso and Matisse by Cali...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Calendar Collage
Located in Bournemouth, Dorset
Artist: George Dannatt
Title: Cancelled Calendar Collage
Reference no: 1079
Date: 1992
Medium: Collage on paper & card
Image: 13 7/8 x 8” 35.0 x 20.2 cm
Frame: 18 5/8 x 12 ½” 47.4 x...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Pencil
Patchwork
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
White wooden frame with glass pane
88 x 105 x 3 cm
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Yashal & 'Aniyah #2, Abstract Oil on Masonite by Warren Wolf
By Warren Wolf
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Warren Wolf, American (1924 - 2003)
Title: Yashal & 'Aniyah #2
Year: 1996
Medium: Oil and Marble Dust on Shaped Masonite, signed, titled and dated verso
Size: 32 in. x 34 in....
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Marble
Abstract Oil Painting by Robert Baribeau
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Baribeau, American (1949 - )
Title: untitled
Year: circa 1990's
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Size: 46 x 37.75 inches
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1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Tharrats Blue Constellation 12 original acrylic paper painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
constellation original acrylic paper painting. frame
Son of Josep Tharrats i Vilà, in 1932 he moved to Béziers until 1935, when he returned to Barcelona to study at the Massana Schoo...
Category
1990s Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Cardboard
Jute Nebula - 3D Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Cardboard
Located in Soquel, CA
Jute Nebula - 3D Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media on Cardboard
Abstract in bold red, yellow and sky blue on a soft black background, by California-based artist Ricardo de Silva (B...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Acrylic, Burlap, Jute, Cardboard
GUINOVART Ocres original engraving abstract painting
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Ocres original engraving abstract painting.
Josep Guinovart i Bertran (Barcelona 1927-2007) was a painter, draftsman and engraver from Catalonia, Spain.
After studying at the School...
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1990s Abstract Paintings
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Engraving
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