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Between Vertical and Horizon – Paper Between a Stone and Brook
Between Vertical and Horizon – Paper Between a Stone and Brook

Between Vertical and Horizon – Paper Between a Stone and Brook

By Shoichi Ida

Located in San Francisco, CA

My description states that this print is “Lithograph, screen print, printed both sides with Chine-collé” That description is from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo.

Category

1980s Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Handmade Paper, Lithograph, Screen

Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench)
Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench)

Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench)

By James Jacques Joseph Tissot

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Le banc de jardin (The Garden Bench) Mezzotint and engraving on cream chine collé laid down on ivory wove paper, 1883 Signed in the plate (see photo) Condition: Brilliant impression...

Category

1880s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Mezzotint

"Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
"Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

"Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 5/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Extraordinary Machine VE 3/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
"Extraordinary Machine VE 3/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

"Extraordinary Machine VE 3/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 3/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Extraordinary Machine VE 2/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
"Extraordinary Machine VE 2/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

"Extraordinary Machine VE 2/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 2/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Extraordinary Machine VE 4/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
"Extraordinary Machine VE 4/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

"Extraordinary Machine VE 4/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 4/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

"Extraordinary Machine VE 1/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif
"Extraordinary Machine VE 1/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

"Extraordinary Machine VE 1/6" Intaglio, hand colored, Industrial, egg motif

By Katie VanVliet

Located in Philadelphia, PA

This piece titled "Extraordinary Machine VE 1/6" is a variable edition piece by Kate VanVliet and is made from Intaglio with soft ground and chine colle on Rives BFK. This piece is a...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Color, Etching, Intaglio

Lithograph from Le tir à l'arc (The Archery)
Lithograph from Le tir à l'arc (The Archery)

Lithograph from Le tir à l'arc (The Archery)

By Georges Braque

Located in Palo Alto, CA

This work is hand signed by Georges Braque (Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, 1882 - Paris, 1963) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 70 in pencil in the lower...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Le tir à l'arc (Archery)
Le tir à l'arc (Archery)

Le tir à l'arc (Archery)

By Georges Braque

Located in Palo Alto, CA

This work is hand signed by Georges Braque (Argenteuil, Val-d'Oise, 1882 - Paris, 1963) in pencil in the lower right margin and numbered from the edition of 70 in pencil in the lower...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene
Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene

Children: black and white drawing of Christmas holiday winter scene

By Michele Zalopany

Located in New York, NY

The heart patterns on the children's hats are a tender addition to this intimate portrait. Chine-collé was used to produce this print, a technique in which an image is printed onto ...

Category

1980s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Watercolor

TumbleWeed 04, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored
TumbleWeed 04, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored

TumbleWeed 04, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

TumbleWeed 01, abstract mixed media on paper, blue
TumbleWeed 01, abstract mixed media on paper, blue

TumbleWeed 01, abstract mixed media on paper, blue

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

TumbleWeed 05, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored
TumbleWeed 05, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored

TumbleWeed 05, abstract mixed media on paper, multicolored

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

The Rustling III, green leaves, mixed media on paper
The Rustling III, green leaves, mixed media on paper

The Rustling III, green leaves, mixed media on paper

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Behind Bars No. 2, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

Behind Bars No. 2, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Behind Bars No. 1, abstract mixed media on paper, grey
Behind Bars No. 1, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

Behind Bars No. 1, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

The Rustling II, green leaves, mixed media on paper
The Rustling II, green leaves, mixed media on paper

The Rustling II, green leaves, mixed media on paper

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey
Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

Behind Bars No. 3, abstract mixed media on paper, grey

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper
The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper

The Rustling I, green leaves, mixed media on paper

By Karin Bruckner

Located in New York, NY

Over the years, constant experimentation has propelled Karin’s unique monoprints from a graphic into a more painterly direction, incorporating paper lithography, etching, collagraph,...

Category

2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype

Rowland’s Dodo (Version II) BY TAMMY MACKAY, Animal Art, Contemporary Prints
Rowland’s Dodo (Version II) BY TAMMY MACKAY, Animal Art, Contemporary Prints

Rowland’s Dodo (Version II) BY TAMMY MACKAY, Animal Art, Contemporary Prints

By Tammy Mackay

Located in Deddington, GB

These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is essential to my d...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Polymer, Giclée

Rhinoceros (State II), Wild Animal Art, Realist Art, Black white and gold art
Rhinoceros (State II), Wild Animal Art, Realist Art, Black white and gold art

Rhinoceros (State II), Wild Animal Art, Realist Art, Black white and gold art

By Tammy Mackay

Located in Deddington, GB

These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is essential to my d...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Metal

Rowland’s Dodo (Version II), Art Print, Photopolymer, fine art, realist
Rowland’s Dodo (Version II), Art Print, Photopolymer, fine art, realist

Rowland’s Dodo (Version II), Art Print, Photopolymer, fine art, realist

By Tammy Mackay

Located in Deddington, GB

These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is essential to my d...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Polymer

Artist and Model (Landfall Press, Chicano, Figurative, Portrait, ~45% OFF)
Artist and Model (Landfall Press, Chicano, Figurative, Portrait, ~45% OFF)

Artist and Model (Landfall Press, Chicano, Figurative, Portrait, ~45% OFF)

By Luis Jiménez

Located in Kansas City, MO

Luis Jimenez Artist and Model Original Lithograph with Chine Colle Year: 2007 Edition: 24 of 30 Paper Size: 37.5 x 27 inches (95.3 × 68.6 cm) Publisher: Landfall Press, Santa Fe, NM...

Category

Early 2000s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

An Artist Who Bends Stone
An Artist Who Bends Stone

An Artist Who Bends Stone

Located in Kansas City, MO

Darrell Wilks An Artist Who Bends Stone Color Lithograph w/chine colle Year: 2018 Size: 15 x 24 in Edition: 30 Signed, dated and numbered by hand Printer chop lower right Publisher: ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Quagga, animal print, limited edition print, affordable art for sale, Animal Art
Quagga, animal print, limited edition print, affordable art for sale, Animal Art

Quagga, animal print, limited edition print, affordable art for sale, Animal Art

By Tammy Mackay

Located in Deddington, GB

These techniques are often combined with hand drawn or hand coloured chine collé. Exploring and developing new techniques opens up new possibilities which I feel is essential to my d...

Category

2010s Contemporary Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Monoprint

Walking the Dog (Satirical, Figurative, Funny, Modern)
Walking the Dog (Satirical, Figurative, Funny, Modern)

Walking the Dog (Satirical, Figurative, Funny, Modern)

Located in Kansas City, MO

Patti Warashina Walking the Dog Original 3 Color Lithograph with chine collé on Rives BFK, White & Mulberry Year: 2017 Edition: 9 of 14 Paper Size: 23.5 × 22.25 inches (59.69 × ...

Category

2010s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Lithograph

Modernist 1998 Flowering Tree Color Lithograph Dan Rizzie Mod Collage Artist
Modernist 1998 Flowering Tree Color Lithograph Dan Rizzie Mod Collage Artist

Modernist 1998 Flowering Tree Color Lithograph Dan Rizzie Mod Collage Artist

By Dan Rizzie

Located in Surfside, FL

A painter, printmaker, lithograph, monotype woodblock, chine colle, and collage artist. He attended Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas under the mentorship of Don Marr and Bill Hawes.

Category

1990s Abstract Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912
Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912

Beethoven Frieze (detail) by Gustav Klimt, Das Werk collotype, 1908-1912

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Chicago, IL

Using a complex gravure process overseen by master technicians as well as the artist himself, Klimt’s original oil paintings were painstakingly reproduced as collotype prints on Chin...

Category

Early 1900s Vienna Secession Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper

A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.
A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.

A Yorkshire Dell or The Heron’s Pool.

By Sir Frank Short

Located in Plano, TX

Hardie 85. mezzotint over etching on India paper printed on chine-collé mounted on sturdy wove paper. 10 7/8 x 15 (sheet 14 x 18 1/4).

Category

Early 20th Century Romantic Landscape Prints

Materials

Mezzotint, Etching

Suzanne Benton, Blue Mauve,  2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Blue Mauve, 2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Suzanne Benton, Before We Knew,  2024, oil on gessoed birch panel, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Before We Knew, 2024, oil on gessoed birch panel, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Passage,  2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Passage, 2022, oil on linen, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Hope,  2023, oil on linen, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Hope, 2023, oil on linen, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Birch, Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Caught in the Dark Waters of Life, 2024, oil, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Caught in the Dark Waters of Life, 2024, oil, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board, Gesso, Birch

Suzanne Benton, Rescue, 2020, oil on board, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Rescue, 2020, oil on board, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Suzanne Benton, Soft Thunder, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Soft Thunder, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Forecast, 2024, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Forecast, 2024, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Suzanne Benton, Flyaway, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

Suzanne Benton, Flyaway, 2021, oil on canvas, Spiritualism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Shine On, 2021, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism

Suzanne Benton, Shine On, 2021, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Compendium, 2024, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism

Suzanne Benton, Compendium, 2024, oil on canvas, Neo-Transcendentalism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Suzanne Benton, Centering, 2022, oil on panel, Neo-Transcendentalism
Suzanne Benton, Centering, 2022, oil on panel, Neo-Transcendentalism

Suzanne Benton, Centering, 2022, oil on panel, Neo-Transcendentalism

By Suzanne Benton

Located in Darien, CT

Those and others in Africa brought an ever more attuned palette to decades of monoprints with Chine collé that featured imagery from world culture, as well as her Americana of 19th a...

Category

2010s Orphist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist
Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist

Abstract Drypoint Etching Cheryl Warrick African American Woman Artist

By Cheryl Warrick

Located in Surfside, FL

Cheryl Warrick (American, b. 1956), "Peace Makes Plenty" Color etching, soft ground, white ground, drypoint, and chine colle, on Hahnemuhle Copperplate paper Hand signed in pencil.

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-006), 1982
Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-006), 1982

Sam Francis, Untitled (SFE-006), 1982

By Sam Francis

Located in Fairfield, CT

Artist: Sam Francis (1923-1994) Title: Untitled (SFE-006) Year: 1982 Medium: Intaglio with chine-colle on paper Edition: CTP (Colored Trial Proof); 17, plus proofs Paper size: 29.38 ...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Intaglio, Chine Colle

Puits dans la Cour de Ferme
Puits dans la Cour de Ferme

Puits dans la Cour de Ferme

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching on Chine collé mounted to wove paper, 4 x 5 5/8 inches (101 x 144 mm); sheet 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (242 x 319 mm); full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Un coin de cour
Un coin de cour

Un coin de cour

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to wove paper with a false platemark, 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 (137 x 108 mm); matrix 12 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (312 x 425 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Le Matin
Le Matin

Le Matin

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to wove paper with a false platemark, 3 5/8 x 6 (92 x 152 mm); matrix 12 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (312 x 425 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching, Engraving

Pêche au Gardon
Pêche au Gardon

Pêche au Gardon

By Charles-Emile Jacque

Located in Middletown, NY

Etching with engraving on Chine collé mounted to wove paper with a false platemark, 5 x 7 7/8 (127 x 200 mm); matrix 12 1/4 x 16 3/4 inches (312 x 425 mm), full margins.

Category

Mid-19th Century French School Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching

Slack Rope Artist
Slack Rope Artist

Slack Rope Artist

By Benton Murdoch Spruance

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

A fine impression, with all the nuanced gradations printing clearly, on cream chine collé, the full sheet with margins (1 1/8 to 2 1/2 inches); traces of glue where previously hinged...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Chine Colle For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the chine colle you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. In our selection of items, you can find Abstract examples as well as a Contemporary version. If you’re looking for a chine colle from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 20th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right chine colle is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes gray, brown, beige and black. Finding an appealing chine colle — no matter the origin — is easy, but Suzanne Benton, Ann Aspinwall, Elise Hughes-Yaworsky, Robert Kelly and Molly McKee each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Frequently made by artists working in etching, paper and paint, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years. If space is limited, you can find a small chine colle measuring 6.89 high and 4 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 42 across to better suit those in the market for a large chine colle.

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Many people think of revered Dutch artist Rembrandt as a painter but may not know that he was a printmaker as well. His prints have been preserved in time along with the work of other celebrated printmakers such as Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol. These fine art prints are still highly sought after by collectors.

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