$1,760Sale Price|20% Off
Cyclamen II
By Michael Mazur
Located in New York, NY
He produced narrative paintings like “Incident at Walden Pond,” a triptych from the late 1970s depicting the aftermath of a rape, and, beginning in the 1990s, abstract landscapes bas...
Monotype
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Edgar Degas, Portrait of Julie Belleli, from Faces of Children, 1968 (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Southampton, NY
Degas’s pioneering use of pastel, monotype, and wax sculpture fundamentally transformed each medium, influencing artists from Henri Matisse and Francis Bacon to Lucian Freud, Giacomo...
Lithograph, Stencil
"Ludovic Halevy Meeting Madame Cardinal Backstage" after Edgar Degas
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Hinsdale, IL
The edition is limited to only 350 copies. The monotypes were created by Degas in 1880, but these legendary etchings were not published until 1938.
Etching
$2,500
"Ludovic Halevy Backstage" from La Famille Cardinal after Edgar Degas
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Hinsdale, IL
The edition is limited to only 350 copies. The monotypes were created by Degas in 1880, but these legendary etchings were not published until 1938.
Etching
Three Lilies
By Joseph Goldyne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
After seeing the catalogue for an exhibition of Degas monotypes, Goldyne began to produce monotypes and lithographs.
Monoprint
$621Sale Price|20% Off
Pierre Montheillet, Composition in green and yellow, monotype on paper
By Pierre Montheillet
Located in PARIS, FR
Invented in Genoa (Italy) around 1648, many artists used this technique at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries, in particular Edgar Degas and Paul Gauguin. Our monotype is compose...
Watercolor, Gouache, Monotype
Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate - Twins
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Reproduction of a monotype as published in the first edition of "Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien / Dialogue of the Courtesans by Lucien" trans.
Etching, Aquatint
Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Reproduction of the monotype "Au Salon" (In the Salon) as published in the first edition of "Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien" by Pierre Louys, 1934/35.
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Champagne Before Love - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Champagne Before Love Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art se...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Briefing with Madam Mother - Etching, 1935
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Briefing with Madam Mother Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : The Toilet - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : The Toilet Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, edito...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Group of Nude Prostitutes - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Group of Nude Prostitutes Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ar...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : A Shy Client - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : A Shy Client Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art se...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : A Gorgeous Woman - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : A Gorgeous Woman Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ar...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Prostitutes Dressed as Ballerinas - etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, editor of Pica...
Etching, Aquatint
Waiting for a Client - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Waiting for a client Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, edito...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : In the Room with a Miror - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : In the Room with a Miror Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Waking Up After a Long Love Night - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Waking Up After a Long Love Night Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the ...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : In the Intimacy of the Room - etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : In the Intimacy of the Room Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (t...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Prostitute Dressing her Hair - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Prostitute Dressing her Hair Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : A Group of Prostitutes - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : A Group of Prostitutes Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the g...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Prostitutes in Nightie - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art s...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Blond Hair Girl - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Blond Hair Girl Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : The Drunk Prostitutes - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : The Drunk Prostitutes Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the gre...
Etching, Aquatint
$457Sale Price|33% Off
Whorehouse Scene : The Yellow Saloon - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : The Yellow Saloon Original etching and aquatint On Japan paper 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great ar...
Etching, Aquatint
Lo Deseo Monotype on Laid Paper, Abstract Impressionist, Signed, 1983
By Kate Delos
Located in Soquel, CA
Since then, artists have periodically rediscovered the technique for themselves. Degas's prolific experiments with monotype at the end of the nineteenth century led to some of the mo...
Acrylic, Laid Paper
Three Women in a Saloon - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Three Women in a Saloon Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art seller, ed...
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 34 in W 28.25 in
Coastal Landscape, California (Carmel-by-the-Sea)
By William Merritt Chase
Located in New Orleans, LA
The influence of Degas would have been strong at the time this work was painted; while Chase was in Carmel, he began executing monotype prints that bear the same flattened format as ...
Canvas, Oil
"La Danseuse de dos" pochoir
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Henderson, NV
This impression was printed on Marais paper by Ateliers Dreux-Barry and shows a platemark similar to an etching; the actual original Degas monotypes are virtually unobtainable and th...
Lithograph, Stencil
La Sortie Du Bain
By Edgar Degas
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Highly collectible limited edition etching from the 'E. Degas Monotypes' suite circa 1948. "La Sortie du Bain" was an original drawing Degas painted onto glass and pressed to paper c...
Etching
Sold
H 21 in W 18.5 in D 2 in
"Ludovic Halevy finds Madame Cardinal in Dressing Room" etching by Edgar Degas
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Hinsdale, IL
The edition is limited to only 350 copies. The monotypes were created by Degas in 1880, but these legendary etchings were not published until 1938.
Etching
Sold
H 15 in W 12 in D 1 in
"Portrait of Virginie Cardinal’s Favourite ActorActor Crochard"
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Hinsdale, IL
The edition is limited to only 350 copies. The monotypes were created by Degas in 1880, but these legendary etchings were not published until 1938.
Etching
Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien: one plate - color
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Reproduction of a monotype as published in the first edition of "Mimes des Courtisanes de Lucien / Dialogue of the Courtesans by Lucien" trans.
Etching, Aquatint
Two Women : a Delicate Choice - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Two Women : a Delicate Choice Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art sel...
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in
Whorehouse Scene : Celebration for Madam Mother - etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Celebration for Madam Mother Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great...
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in
Whorehouse Scene : Prostitutes Sharing a Meal - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Prostitutes Sharing a Meal Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (th...
Etching, Aquatint
Whorehouse Scene : Nude Waiting on a Bed - Etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Nude Waiting on a Bed Etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the great art s...
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in
Whorehouse Scene : Shy and Challenging Prostitutes - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Shy and Challenging Prostitutes Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollar...
Etching, Aquatint
Sold
H 9.85 in W 12.6 in
Whorehouse Scene : Model with Arched Back - Original etching
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (after) Whorehouse Scene : Model with Arched Back Original etching and aquatint On Rives vellum 25 x 32 cm (c. 10 x 13 inch) In the early 1920s, Ambroise Vollard (the gr...
Etching, Aquatint
$299
H 14.5 in W 11.5 in D 0.75 in
#36 Cyclamen Watercolor Floral Study, American Realist, 1985
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a cyclamen blending into line drawing, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Debora...
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
$920Sale Price|20% Off
H 20.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.75 in
Vintage Coral Cyclamen
By Barbara Gibson
Located in Soquel, CA
Acrylic painting on illustration board of three pink cyclamen flowers and heart-shaped leaves on a blue background by Barbara Gibson (American, 20th Century). Artwork is presented in...
Acrylic, Illustration Board, Pencil
$548
H 9.85 in W 7.68 in D 0.08 in
Siiting Man - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
By Pierre Georges Jeanniot
Located in Roma, IT
Siiting man is a modern artwork realized by Pierre- Georges Jeanniot in the Late 19th Century Pencil drawing. Includes frame: 30.5 x 3 x 25.5 cm Hand signed on the lower margin.
Paper, Pencil
$2,057
H 14.77 in W 7.09 in
Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Museum - Original etching (Delteil #29)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar Degas Mary Cassatt at the Louvre Original etching, softground, aquatint and drypoint Probably an impression from the cancelled plate edited by Ambroise Vollard c. 1880 Unsign...
Etching, Aquatint
$394Sale Price|30% Off
H 10.63 in W 8.27 in
Fernand de Launay (1855-1904) Portrait of a child, 1890, original drawing
By Fernand de Launay
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand de Launay (1838-1904) Portrait of a child, probably the daughter of the artist Lead pencil on paper Signed and dated "4 septembre 1890" on the lower left 27 x 21 cm In quite ...
Carbon Pencil
$7,500
H 31 in W 26 in
Afternoon Tea Party, Impressionist Etching after Mary Cassatt
By Mary Cassatt
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mary Cassatt, After, American (1844 - 1926) - Afternoon Tea Party, Year: 1991; Original Published: 1890 - 1891, Medium: Color Etching on Arches Paper, Image Size: 14 x 10 inches, ...
Etching
Flowers, very large lithograph
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Flowers" .1996 is a large original color lithograph on Wove paper by noted American artist Gary Bukovnik, born 1947. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 13/200 in whi...
Lithograph
$35
H 7.49 in W 4.93 in
Persian Cyclamen, English antique pink flower botanical chromolithograph, 1895
By Frederick William Hulme
Located in Melbourne, Victoria
'Persian Cyclamen' Process print from Frederick William Hulme’s ‘Familiar Wild Flowers’, circa 1890. Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of F...
Lithograph
The Dance Center at the Paris Opera - Lithograph Signed
By Edgar Degas
Located in Paris, IDF
Edgar DEGAS (1834-1917) (after) The Dance Center at the Paris Opera Lithograph after a painting by the artist Signed in the plate On vellum, 56 x 76 cm (c. 22 x 29.9 in) Very good ...
Lithograph
$650
H 17 in W 14 in
Au Louvre: La Peinture (Mary Cassatt), Impressionist Collotype after Edgar Degas
By Edgar Degas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Edgar Degas, After, French (1834 - 1917) - Au Louvre: La Peinture (Mary Cassatt), Portfolio: Twenty Four Masterpieces of Graphic Art, Year: Year Printed 1974, Medium: Collotype, I...
Photogravure
$495
H 18.9 in W 23.23 in
Leslie Charles Boyce (1892-1989) - Framed Mid 20th Century Oil, Pink Cyclamen
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking floral still life depicting a potted pink cyclamen with attractive upswept blooms and deep green foliage, positioned on a sunlit table. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt ...
Oil
pochoir
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the painting). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x ...
Lithograph, Stencil
pochoir
By (after) Edgar Degas
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the pastel). A soft and delicate impression, printed in Paris in 1948 and published in an edition of 1200 by Braun et Cie. Size: 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (164 x 11...
Lithograph, Stencil
$156Sale Price|20% Off
H 19.75 in W 15 in
Portrait De Modéle Lithograph Print, Unframed, Late 20th Century
By Pierre Auguste Renoir
Located in Chesterfield, MI
Poster. Measures 19.75 x 15 inches and is Unframed. Good/Fair Condition-signs of wear consistent with age and handling.
Lithograph
$1,371
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.4 in
Print by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, featuring the cabaret singer Yvette Guilbert
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Beograd, RS
In this listing you will find a collotype or photolithography by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, depicting Miss Lender, Dancing a Bolero. The original piece titled “Mlle Lender, dansa...
Paper
$1,142
H 33.8 in W 28 in
German Female Artist, Study or Portrait of a Girl, Expressionism, Realism
Located in Greven, DE
Helene Rutkowski is an artist who was born in 1862. The maker's first piece to be offered at auction was "Baumbestandene Allee im Herbst" at Quentin Auction House in 2021. She worked...
Charcoal, Handmade Paper
$24,300
H 36.5 in W 30.5 in
Female Oil Portrait Delicate Austria Romantic 1800s Vintage Woman Realism Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 30" x 24" Frame: 36.50" x 30.50" Oil on canvas signed and dated lower right.
Oil, Canvas
$5,397
H 28.5 in W 24 in
Fine Italian Old Master Oil Painting c. 1700's The Madonna Christ Child St. John
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Madonna, Christ Child and St. John Italian Old Master, circa 1700's period oil painting on canvas, unframed Canvas: 28.5 x 24 inches conditon: overall very good for its age, a fe...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
H 50 in W 38 in
Gigi: red black abstract print with poetry based on 1950s vintage movie poster
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. This red and black lithograp...
Lithograph
$24,828Sale Price|25% Off
H 6.3 in W 15.75 in D 5.91 in
Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
Bone
$7,500
H 7.75 in W 3.5 in D 4 in
Pablo Picasso Womans Magical Head Cubist Chicago Sculpture Maquette Mid-Century
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Hyattsville, MD
“Maquette” (after Pabloe Picasso) Very Old Maquette. Black enamel over different types of metal; steel, copper or brass. Unsigned.
Metal
"Grids and Color Plate #41" by Sol Lewitt
By Sol LeWitt
Located in Hinsdale, IL
SOL LEWITT (1928 – 2007) Grids and Color Plate #41 Silkscreen in colors on Arches 88 paper, c. 1979 Impression 8 of an edition of 10 wit...
Screen
Ballet Dancers Resting (Original Watercolor, Reminiscent of Degas)
Located in New Orleans, LA
We added this superb Degas-like watercolor to our inventory years ago, then it disappeared and has just resurfaced - but without the name of the artist, sadly. At any rate, it is cha...
Watercolor
$65,000
H 21.5 in W 24.75 in D 2.5 in
Henri Matisse Crayon Drawing Direct from Matisse Estate
By Henri Matisse
Located in Dallas, TX
Henri Matisse (French 1869-1954) Pencil Drawing Of A Working Horse Catalogued as Number Z 548 in the Artist Archives Pencil on paper, c. 1900, signed with initials 'HM' lower right....
Paper, Crayon
$35,000
H 20 in W 17 in D 2 in
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
RENOIR, PIERRE AUGUSTE (1841 -1919) "La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate (The Country Dance (second plate)) Delteil 2, Stella 2 Soft-ground Etching in black ink, c. 1890 Only State...
Etching
$26,250
H 21 in W 17.5 in D 15.5 in
Large Russian Neoclassical Malachite and Ormolu Urn or Vase, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
A large Russian neoclassical malachite, Campana shaped urn or Vase, the ormolu twin handles modeled with acorns, on a circular spreading foot with square stepped plinth, 19th centu...
Malachite, Ormolu
English Gothic Revival Walnut Full Bed with Carved Finial Posts
Located in Queens, NY
English Gothic Revival-style (19th Century) walnut full size bed with carved finial posts. (Includes: headboard, footboard, rails)
Walnut
Bellos Consejos (Wonderful Advice)
By Francisco Goya
Located in Chicago, IL
An impression from the 1st edition published in 1799, the only edition published during Goya's lifetime. References: Los Caprichos Plate 15; Delteil 52; Harris 50 III.1 Prado ...
Aquatint, Etching
$280Sale Price|50% Off
H 14.57 in W 5.52 in D 2.76 in
French Late 19th Century Neo Gothic Gilded Metal Saint Statue
Located in Buisson, FR
Wonderful gilded metal saint statue with beautiful expression. France, circa 1880-1900. Weathered. Measurements include the wooden base.
Metal
$3,006
H 30 in W 21 in D 1 in
The Adoration Of The Christ Child Fine Renaissance Old Master Painting Large
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist/School: After Filippo Lippi, Italian 1406-1469. The work is most likely by an English hand, late 19th century Title: The Adoration of the Christ Child Medium: watercolor and...
Watercolor
$9,500
H 44.5 in W 35 in D 1 in
Obsession of the Heart (The World), Surrealist Lithograph by Salvador Dalí
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Long Island City, NY
Obsession of the Heart Salvador Dali, Spanish (1904–1989) Portfolio: Visions Surrealiste Date: 1976 Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 150 Size: 29 x 21 in. (73.66 ...
Lithograph
$91,428
H 3.15 in W 2.37 in
Bearded Man in Profile, Red Chalk on Paper, 16th Century, Framed
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Circle of Leonardo da Vinci (Vinci, 1452 – 1519, Clos-Lucé) First half of the 16th century Study of a Bearded Man in Profile, Facing Right Red chalk on paper 8 × 6 cm Unsigned Pr...
Chalk, Laid Paper
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