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Reclining Nude – Corrina with Oil Paint on Board, Painting by Richard Cook
Reclining Nude – Corrina with Oil Paint on Board, Painting by Richard Cook

Reclining Nude – Corrina with Oil Paint on Board, Painting by Richard Cook

Located in Deddington, GB

His landscapes show places that are always there, but the moment he visits them to make his preparatory drawings are not. Each time, the people will be different and the weather cond...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Board

17th Century Fine Flemish Tapestry, Silk & Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene
17th Century Fine Flemish Tapestry, Silk & Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene

17th Century Fine Flemish Tapestry, Silk & Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene

Located in Port Washington, NY

The weavers followed detailed cartoons, which were full-scale preparatory drawings or paintings. The process of weaving a single tapestry could take months or even years, depending o...

Category

Antique Mid-17th Century French French Provincial Tapestries

Materials

Wool, Silk

The Umbrellas, Japan - USA Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Christo)
The Umbrellas, Japan - USA Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Christo)

The Umbrellas, Japan - USA Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Christo)

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in New York, NY

All previous projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been financed in a similar manner through the sale of the studies, preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, early works, ...

Category

1990s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

"Wild Boar" contemporary realist bronze cinghiale sculpture, life-size, Fenske
"Wild Boar" contemporary realist bronze cinghiale sculpture, life-size, Fenske

"Wild Boar" contemporary realist bronze cinghiale sculpture, life-size, Fenske

By Ben Fenske

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

After months of studying porcine anatomy and visiting farms in Tuscany to observe the movement of wild boars from life, they produced hundreds of sketches and preparatory drawings. T...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Volubilis
Volubilis

Volubilis

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in San Francisco, CA

His legacy in printmaking, which came to dominate its instruction in the American academy, was a vigorous opposition to preparatory drawings and retroussage or hand-wiping with whiti...

Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Mid Century French School Seated Man and Dog Pencil Drawing
Mid Century French School Seated Man and Dog Pencil Drawing

Mid Century French School Seated Man and Dog Pencil Drawing

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

His folded hands and slightly hunched shoulders suggest a moment of stillness, while the loose treatment of clothing and boots gives the drawing an informal, studio-study quality. Li...

Category

20th Century French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Pencil

The painter (self-portrait) sketch
The painter (self-portrait) sketch

The painter (self-portrait) sketch

By Jacques Martin-Ferrières

Located in BELEYMAS, FR

Several preparatory drawings for the figure are known and are on deposit at the Musée du Pays de Cocagne in Lavaur, such as the large final painting (205 x 205 cm).

Category

1920s French School Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Salome Baptist Campi 16th Century Oil on canvas Old master Portrait Italy Art
Salome Baptist Campi 16th Century Oil on canvas Old master Portrait Italy Art

Salome Baptist Campi 16th Century Oil on canvas Old master Portrait Italy Art

Located in Riva del Garda, IT

Although each work is distinct from the others, we can observe in these pieces a compositional approach that makes extensive use of graphic prototypes and preparatory drawings circul...

Category

16th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Federico Barocci, Head of a child, from Faces of Children, 1968 (after)
Federico Barocci, Head of a child, from Faces of Children, 1968 (after)

Federico Barocci, Head of a child, from Faces of Children, 1968 (after)

Located in Southampton, NY

Working primarily in Urbino with significant engagement in Roman artistic circles, Barocci developed a highly personal style distinguished by luminous pastel palettes, vibrating ligh...

Category

1960s Renaissance Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Stencil

Calculus - Color Viscosity Etching
Calculus - Color Viscosity Etching

Calculus - Color Viscosity Etching

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in San Francisco, CA

His legacy in printmaking, which came to dominate its instruction in the American academy, was a vigorous opposition to preparatory drawings and retroussage or hand-wiping with whiti...

Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching

Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones
Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones

Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones

By Valentino Besarel

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying...

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Leather, Walnut

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Orange Storefront, Project, Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Orange Storefront, Project, Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Orange Storefront, Project, Ediciones Poligrafa, 1979

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in Southampton, NY

A defining principle of their practice was complete financial independence, as all projects were funded through the sale of preparatory drawings, collages, and prints, which have the...

Category

1970s Conceptual Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee

By Valentino Panciera Besarel, Andrea Brustolon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying...

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Settees

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne

In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne

By Valentino Besarel, Andrea Brustolon

Located in Los Angeles, CA

His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying...

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs

Materials

Fabric, Walnut

Juan Gris, The Lamp, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Lamp, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Lamp, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder I, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder I, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder I, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, Bottle, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, Bottle, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, Bottle, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, Flower Pot, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, Flower Pot, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, Flower Pot, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, Violin, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, Violin, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, Violin, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Soup Tureen, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Soup Tureen, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Soup Tureen, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, Guitar, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, Guitar, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, Guitar, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Book, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Book, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Book, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder II, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder II, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder II, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)

By Juan Gris

Located in Southampton, NY

The folio features Reverdy’s handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres.

Category

1950s Cubist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis
Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis

Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham & Lord Francis

By (After) Anthony Van Dyck

Located in London, GB

That of the younger boy in particular is more solidly built up than the lower part of the figure. A preparatory drawing for the younger boy is in the British Museum.

Category

17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

"A Spanish Woman (Dolores)" Thomas Eakins, American, Female Portrait
"A Spanish Woman (Dolores)" Thomas Eakins, American, Female Portrait

"A Spanish Woman (Dolores)" Thomas Eakins, American, Female Portrait

By Thomas Eakins

Located in New York, NY

Gerome was fanatic about drawing in preparation to painting, but Eakins later developed his own approach to preparatory drawings, purchasing a camera in 1880, a tool that became cent...

Category

1870s Academic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Wave
The Wave

The Wave

By George Romney

Located in London, GB

The children – painted in the spirited, impish style of Titania’s attendants from Romney’s suite of paintings showing scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream – are apparently carefree ...

Category

1790s Old Masters Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Lion Griffon Carved Italian 1860 Monks Settle Bench Internal Storage
Antique Lion Griffon Carved Italian 1860 Monks Settle Bench Internal Storage

Antique Lion Griffon Carved Italian 1860 Monks Settle Bench Internal Storage

Located in West Sussex, Pulborough

His polychromed ivory Corpus from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying...

Category

Antique 1860s Italian High Victorian Benches

Materials

Oak

La Corbeille de Fruits - Modern Still Life Oil Painting by André Hambourg
La Corbeille de Fruits - Modern Still Life Oil Painting by André Hambourg

La Corbeille de Fruits - Modern Still Life Oil Painting by André Hambourg

By André Hambourg

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

From these travels he brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for use as illustrations in collectors' editions of books.In 1951 President Vin...

Category

1960s Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude)

Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude)

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in New York, NY

The project was financed entirely by Christo and Jeanne-Claude through the sale of Christo’s original preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, early Packages and Wrapped Objects...

Category

1960s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Photographic Paper, Lithograph

Les petits chevaux de la plage - Modern Landscape Oil by André Hambourg
Les petits chevaux de la plage - Modern Landscape Oil by André Hambourg

Les petits chevaux de la plage - Modern Landscape Oil by André Hambourg

By André Hambourg

Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire

From these travels he brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for use as illustrations in collectors' editions of books.In 1951 President Vin...

Category

1960s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christo - Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne poster, hand signed by Christo
Christo - Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne poster, hand signed by Christo

Christo - Surrounded Islands Project for Biscayne poster, hand signed by Christo

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in New York, NY

As with Christo and Jeanne-Claude's previous art projects, Surrounded Islands was entirely financed by the artists, through the sale of preparatory drawings, collages, and early work...

Category

1980s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Nabi, lithograph, Pierre Bonnard, 1894, L’Escarmouche, Kleimen, Paris
Nabi, lithograph, Pierre Bonnard, 1894, L’Escarmouche, Kleimen, Paris

Nabi, lithograph, Pierre Bonnard, 1894, L’Escarmouche, Kleimen, Paris

By Pierre Bonnard

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Instead, the scene resembles a fleeting observation—two people momentarily glimpsed across an interior, their forms partly obscured by furnishings, clothing and shadow. Preparatory ...

Category

1890s French School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Art Card: The Umbrellas Japan-USA Hand Signed by Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Framed
Art Card: The Umbrellas Japan-USA Hand Signed by Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Framed

Art Card: The Umbrellas Japan-USA Hand Signed by Christo & Jeanne-Claude, Framed

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in New York, NY

All previous projects by Christo and Jeanne-Claude have been financed in a similar manner through the sale of the studies, preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, early works, ...

Category

1990s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Postcard

Art Card: Surrounded Islands (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), Framed
Art Card: Surrounded Islands (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), Framed

Art Card: Surrounded Islands (Hand Signed by Christo and Jeanne-Claude), Framed

By Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Located in New York, NY

As with Christo and Jeanne-Claude's previous art projects, Surrounded Islands was entirely financed by the artists, through the sale of preparatory drawings, collages, and early work...

Category

1980s Pop Art Landscape Prints

Materials

Postcard

Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s
Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s

Serge Belloni, The Rose Bouquet, France, 1980s

Located in PARIS, FR

He makes sketches, preparatory drawings. In fact he marries his subject, becomes his subject that he could draw from memory.

Category

Vintage 1980s French Paintings

Materials

Paint

Marcoussis etching, Cubist, 1931, You, Me, and That White Rabbit
Marcoussis etching, Cubist, 1931, You, Me, and That White Rabbit

Marcoussis etching, Cubist, 1931, You, Me, and That White Rabbit

By Louis Marcoussis

Located in Fairlawn, OH

This Carroll connection should be regarded as an interpretive possibility rather than a firmly documented source. A preparatory drawing for Rue Caulaincourt is known, signed and dat...

Category

1930s Cubist Still-life Prints

Materials

Etching

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, inclu...

Category

Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

By (after) Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, inclu...

Category

Antique Early 1900s Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Giltwood

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas
After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

After Raffaello Sanzio 1483-1520 Raphael La Madonna della Seggiola Oil on Canvas

By Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

It was commissioned in 1500 and finished in 1501; now only some cut sections and a preparatory drawing remain. In the following years he painted works for other churches there, inclu...

Category

Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Wood

Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Tapestry   Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins

By Aubusson Manufacture

Located in Madrid, ES

Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert...

Category

Antique Early 18th Century French Baroque Western European Rugs

Materials

Wool, Silk

The Village - Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

The Village - Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand.

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Offset

The Dinner - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
The Dinner - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

The Dinner - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand.

Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

King of Coins - Screen print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

King of Coins - Screen print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand.

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946) Floral Study, Pencil And Crayon On Paper
Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946) Floral Study, Pencil And Crayon On Paper

Joseph Stella (American, 1877–1946) Floral Study, Pencil And Crayon On Paper

By Joseph Stella

Located in Norwood, NJ

Likely a preparatory or observational work, the drawing reveals the artist’s sensitivity to structure and movement, bridging realism and modernist abstraction.

Category

Early 20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Italian City - Offset by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

Italian City - Offset by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand.

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s
"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s

"Bathers on Rocky Shore", Striking English Painting of Nude Male Figures, 1930s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

He also executed a watercolor of the same two figures, so clearly came away from his day of painting with several drawings and preparatory sketches. Bouverie-Hoyton studied at Golds...

Category

Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

King of Coins - Screen print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
King of Coins - Screen print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

King of Coins - Screen print by Franco Gentilini - 1970s

By Franco Gentilini

Located in Roma, IT

The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand.

Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

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