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Auction 02 June 2023 OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2023 - Wien

Bid on the lot list OstLicht Photo Auction : 02 June 2023 - <p>We are pleased to present the next photo auction on 2 June 2023 at 5pm CEST at OstLicht, Gallery for Photography in Vienna. The high-quality selection of 219 lots comprises the first part of the collection "In Our Time", a travelling exhibition presented around 1990 by the legendary Magnum agency, which shows around 280 photographs with iconic works by all important Magnum photographers. Already in this auction, starting with lot number 123, 96 masterpieces from this collection will be offered. Since 2009, I have been managing the WestLicht Photo Auctions, which continues as OstLicht Photo Auctions from 2020. I would like to sincerely thank our great team and our long-time auctioneer Niki Schauerhuber for the work we have done together. We are delighted to welcome independent expert Simone Klein to our team. She is an internationally renowned figure in the world of photography, headed the photography department at Kunsthaus Lempertz for nine years, was director of the photography department at Sotheby's Europe from 2007 to 2015 and was responsible for auctions in Paris, London and New York. We cordially invite you to come to Vienna in person or to participate in the OstLicht Photo Auction as an absentee bidder. Have fun, Peter Coeln and team!</p> OstLicht Gallery - Wien

OstLicht Photo Auction Spring 2023

Friday 02 June 2023 - 17:00 (CEST) - Live

Absberggasse 27 - 1100 Wien, Autriche

OstLicht Photo Auction

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Lot n° 1

GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820–1884) & EUGÈNE LE DIEN (1817–1865)

GUSTAVE LE GRAY (1820-1884) & EUGÈNE LE DIEN (1817-1865) Roman landscape, Italy 1853 Image Size: 23,8 x 32,4 cm Salt paper print from waxed paper negative, mounted on original cardboard 24,6 x 33,4 cm, in good condition. Photographers' blindstamp...

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Lot n° 2

CONSTANT PUYO (1857–1933)

CONSTANT PUYO (1857-1933) In the garden', Paris 1902 Image Size: 15,3 x 22,1 cm Photogravure, printed 1902 for "Die Kunst in der Photographie" on double-weight paper 20,1 x 25,5 cm, in excellent condition. Brown wooden frame 37,7 x 43,2 cm. Photographer's...

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Lot n° 3

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) In Memoriam', 1902 Image Size: 25,6 x 19,2 cm Photogravure, printed 1996 from an edition of 500 for "Aperture" on French Lana Gravure paper 50,9 x 41,5 cm, in very good condition. Black wooden frame 61 x 52 cm. Colophon...

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Lot n° 4

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) Eleonora Duse, 1903 Image Size: 21,4 x 16,4 cm Photogravure, printed 1904 for "Camera Work" on Japanese tissue paper 30,3 x 20,9 cm, with the original magazine supporting page, in excellent condition. Signature and date...

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Lot n° 5

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879–1973)

EDWARD STEICHEN (1879-1973) Poster Lady', 1903 Image Size: 17,6 x 16,1 cm Photogravure, printed 1906 for "Camera Work" on double-weight matte paper, on original brown paper mount 18,5 x 16,7 cm, with an original protection folder of Japanese tissue...

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Lot n° 6

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946) Horses', 1904 Image Size: 18,2 x 22,9 cm Photogravure, printed 1905 for "Camera Work 12" on tissue paper 20,2 x 30,5 cm, in very good condition. Darkbrown wooden frame 47 x 50 cm. LITERATURE Alfred Stieglitz, Camera Work,...

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Lot n° 7

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864–1946)

ALFRED STIEGLITZ (1864-1946) Miss Sophie Raab', 1904 Image Size: 20,5 x 13,9 cm Photogravure, printed 1905 for "Camera Work 12" on tissue paper 29,6 x 21 cm, in excellent condition. Darkbrown wooden frame 53 x 45 cm. PROVENANCE Andrew Smith Gallery,...

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Lot n° 8

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866-1944) Girl with mirror', 1902 Image Size: 19,6 x 14,5 cm Photogravure, printed 1906 for "Camera Work 13" on tissue paper 29,6 x 21 cm, in excellent condition. Black wooden frame 47,5 x 37,5 cm. LITERATURE Alfred Stieglitz, Camera...

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Lot n° 9

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866-1944) On the dunes', 1901 Image Size: 11,6 x 15,7 cm Mezzotint Photogravure, printed 1911 for "Camera Work 33" on paper, with tissue paper and original magazine page 21 x 29,6 cm, in excellent condition. Darkbrown wooden frame...

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Lot n° 10

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866–1944)

HEINRICH KÜHN (1866-1944) Washerwoman on the dunes', 1906 Image Size: 16,8 x 22,8 cm Photogravure, printed 1906 for "Camera Work 13" on tissue paper 21 x 29,6 cm, in excellent condition. Darkbrown wooden frame 48 x 38 cm. Signed in the plate at lower...

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Lot n° 11

ALVIN L. COBURN (1882–1966)

ALVIN L. COBURN (1882-1966) George Bernard Shaw, 1907 Image Size: 21 x 16.5 cm Photogravure, printed 1908 for "Camera Work 21" on Japanese tissue paper 29,5 x 19,5 cm, with the original magazine supporting page, in excellent condition. LITERATURE...

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Lot n° 12

ALVIN L. COBURN (1882–1966)

ALVIN L. COBURN (1882-1966) Toodles (Elsie Thomas)', c. 1908 Image Size: 22 x 28 cm Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1980s on double-weight semi-matte paper, in perfect condition. Black metal frame 36 x 46 cm. Coburn was given his first camera...

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Lot n° 13

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) Havachachi - Maricopa', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1906 Image Size: 40 x 26,3 cm Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 44,2 x 28,6 cm, printed 1907, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate...

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Lot n° 14

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) Tonovige - Havasupai', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1906 Image Size: 39,5 x 30 cm Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 44 x 32,6 cm, printed 1907, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate 74"...

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Lot n° 15

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) An Assiniboin camp', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1907 Image Size: 30,1 x 39,9 cm Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 35,5 x 43,4 cm, printed 1908, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate...

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Lot n° 16

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) An Idle hour - Piegan', from 'The North American Indian', c. 1909 Image Size: 28 x 39.4 cm Photogravure in red-brown ink on Japanese tissue paper 33 x 42,6 cm, printed 1910, in very good condition. Typographic "Plate 197"...

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Lot n° 17

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868–1952)

EDWARD S. CURTIS (1868-1952) Louise Lorraine as Jane in 'Tarzan', Los Angeles 1921 Image Size: 34,4 x 25,8 cm Vintage silver print, blue-toned, on double-weight matte paper, in very good condition. Signed "Curtis L.A." in black ink in the image at...

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Lot n° 18

ANTON GIULIO BRAGAGLIA (1890–1960)

ANTON GIULIO BRAGAGLIA (1890-1960) Lo Schiaffo' (The Slap), photodynamic, Rome 1912 Image Size: 16 x 22,6 cm Vintage silver print, sepia-toned, double-weight matte paper, mounted on original cardboard 34,5 x 31 cm, in excellent condition. Original...

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Lot n° 19

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) The Swing', Esztergom, Hungary 1917 Image Size: 24,6 x 18,9 cm Gelatin silver print on double-weight matte paper 25,3 x 20,3 cm, in perfect condition. From the "A Hungarian memory Portfolio, 1914-1924", printed 1980 in an...

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Lot n° 20

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) Budafok wine cellars', Hungary 1919 Image Size: 18,9 x 24,6 cm Gelatin silver print on double-weight matte paper 25,3 x 20,3 cm, in perfect condition. From the "A Hungarian memory Portfolio, 1914-1924", printed 1980 in an...

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Lot n° 21

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) Trio', Ráckeve, Esztergom, Hungary 1923 Image Size: 18,9 x 24,6 cm Gelatin silver print on double-weight matte paper 25,3 x 20,3 cm, in perfect condition. From the "A Hungarian memory Portfolio, 1914-1924", printed 1980 in...

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Lot n° 22

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894–1985)

ANDRÉ KERTÉSZ (1894-1985) Pissing Clochard', Paris, France 1928 Image Size: 19,6 x 24,7 cm Gelatin silver print, probably printed in the 1970s on double-weight semi-matte paper 20,3 x 25,2 cm, in good condition. Photographer's stamp, signed in pencil...

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Lot n° 23

FRANZ LÖWY (1883–1949)

FRANZ LÖWY (1883-1949) Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna c. 1912 Image Size: 19,5 x 14,3 cm Vintage silver print, sepia-toned, on matte paper, flush-mounted on original cardboard 38,3 x 27,5 cm, in excellent condition. Photographer's blindstamp in the image...

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Lot n° 24

FRIEDRICH VIKTOR SPITZER (1864–1922)

FRIEDRICH VIKTOR SPITZER (1864-1922) Anton Wildgans, c. 1918 Image Size: 30,8 x 22,5 cm Photogravure on tissue paper 26 x 36 cm, flush-mounted on original cardboard 68,5 x 49,7 cm, in excellent condition. The sitter's facsimile signature printed in...

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Lot n° 25

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Graduates of the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Prague 1924 Image Size: 9,2 x 6,4 cm Hardback album with linen cover 33 x 24,8 cm, containing 38 vintage silver prints, in excellent condition. The first portrait (showing...

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Lot n° 26

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Edvard Beneš, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia, c. 1925 Image Size: 24,8 x 19,7 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight matte paper 25,5 x 20,5 cm, in very good condition. Photographer's "Bromografia Drtikol Prague...

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Lot n° 27

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Nude dance study, Prague c. 1919 Image Size: 22,3 x 16,2 cm Vintage silver print on single-weight semi-matte paper, in very good condition. Photographer's blindstamp "Copyright Drtikol Prague" in the image at lower right....

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Lot n° 28

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Reclining nude, Prague c. 1925 Image Size: 24 x 30 cm Gelatin silver glass negative 24 x 30 cm, original retouching, sandwiched in modern cover-glasses, in good condition. Included a later print from this same original...

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Lot n° 29

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Broken Arc', Prague 1927 Image Size: 24 x 30 cm Gelatin silver glass negative 24 x 30 cm, original retouching, emulsion side protected with cover glass, in very good condition. Included a later print from this same original...

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Lot n° 30

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883–1961)

FRANTISEK DRTIKOL (1883-1961) Composition' (Nude), Prague 1929 Image Size: 30 x 24 cm Gelatin silver glass negative 30 x 24 cm, original retouching, emulsion side protected with cover glass, in very good condition, numbered "47" on the lower right....

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Lot n° 31

ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON (1885–1971)

ALFRED CHENEY JOHNSTON (1885-1971) Constance Nunder with veil, 1920s Image Size: 31,9 x 24,2 cm Gelatin silver print, printed in the 1960s on double-weight matte paper, in very good condition (silvering). Photographer's stamp on the reverse.

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Lot n° 32

ANNE BRIGMAN (1869–1950)

ANNE BRIGMAN (1869-1950) Portrait of a young lady, 1920 Image Size: 24,1 x 18,4 cm Vintage gelatin silver print on double-weight matte paper, in excellent condition, mounted on original cardboard, with two layers of additional decorative cards 46...

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Lot n° 33

ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH (1897–1966)

ALBERT RENGER-PATZSCH (1897-1966) Mamillaria centricirrha' (Mexican pincushion), c. 1930 Image Size: 17 x 12 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte Agfa Brovira paper, in excellent condition. Photographer's "Folkwang Verlag" stamp, "Freudeskreis...

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Lot n° 34

AUGUST SANDER (1876–1964)

AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) Gymnasiast' (High School Student), Cologne 1926 Image Size: 56,8 x 31,4 cm Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 by Gerd Sander on double-weight semi-matte paper, in perfect condition. Blindstamped "Aug. Sander Köln Lindenthal"...

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Lot n° 35

AUGUST SANDER (1876–1964)

AUGUST SANDER (1876-1964) Mädchen im Kirmeswagen' (Girl in Fairground Caravan), Cologne 1926/32 Image Size: 57,9 x 44,4 cm Gelatin silver print, printed 1990 by Gerd Sander on double-weight semi-matte paper, in perfect condition. Blindstamped "Aug....

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Lot n° 36

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Wilhelm Furtwängler, Vienna 1923 Image Size: 22 x 17 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3", partly covered by "Schostal"...

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Lot n° 37

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) The dancer Ronny Johansson, Vienna 1924 Image Size: 19,9 x 8,5 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3", her...

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Lot n° 38

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Actress Helene Thimig as 'Iphigenia', Vienna c. 1926 Image Size: 23,1 x 12,4 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße...

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Lot n° 39

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Actress Hanna Thimig with her new 'Steyr XX', Vienna 1929 Image Size: 15,1 x 22,4 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper 16,1 x 23,2 cm, in good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien...

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Lot n° 40

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Bell tower of San Marco, Venice, Italy c. 1930 Image Size: 21,8 x 12,7 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper 22,3 x 13,1 cm, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße...

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Lot n° 41

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Marianne Rosenberg, Vienna 1931 Image Size: 23 x 16,4 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße 3", her copyright stamp...

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Lot n° 42

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895–1990)

TRUDE FLEISCHMANN (1895-1990) Actress Sybille Binder, Vienna c. 1929 Image Size: 22,6 x 16,9 (octagonal trim) cm Vintage silver print on double-weight semi-matte paper, in good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Wien I. Ebendorferstraße...

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Lot n° 43

BERENICE ABBOTT (1898–1991)

BERENICE ABBOTT (1898-1991) Peggy Guggenheim, 1926 Image Size: 24.1 x 18.4 cm Gelatin silver print, probably printed in the 1960s on double-weight semi-matte paper, in excellent condition. Photographer's stamp "Photograph, Berenice Abbott, Maine 04406"...

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Lot n° 44

CECIL BEATON (1904–1980)

CECIL BEATON (1904-1980) Portrait with Art Deco backdrop, London c. 1926 Image Size: 31 x 25,5 cm Vintage silver print, brown-toned, on double-weight matte paper 32,1 x 25,5 cm, in excellent condition. Signed in ink in the margin at lower right, annotated...

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Lot n° 45

CLARENCE SINCLAIR BULL (1896–1979)

CLARENCE SINCLAIR BULL (1896-1979) Greta Garbo in 'Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise', 1931 Image Size: 31 x 23.8 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper 32,9 x 25,8 cm, in fair condition. Photographer's blind stamp in the lower margin...

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Lot n° 46

GERMAINE KRULL (1897–1985)

GERMAINE KRULL (1897-1985) Dancer Earl 'Shakehips' Tucker at the Moulin Rouge, Paris 1929 Image Size: 22,8 x 17 cm Vintage silver print on single-weight semi-glossy paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp, "Mention obligatoirs" stamp and...

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Lot n° 47

PAUL WOLFF (1887–1951)

PAUL WOLFF (1887-1951) Frankfurt train station from Kaiserstraße, Germany 1930s Image Size: 23,8 x 17,7 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address "Frankfurt am Main. Untermainkai...

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Lot n° 48

PAUL WOLFF (1887–1951)

PAUL WOLFF (1887-1951) Autumn' (Walkers in a park), Frankfurt, Germany c. 1935 Image Size: 16,7 x 23,6 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy Agfa-Brovira paper, in very good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Frankfurt am Main....

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Lot n° 49

PAUL WOLFF (1887–1951)

PAUL WOLFF (1887-1951) Lonesome skier, 1930s Image Size: 17.3 x 24 cm Vintage silver print on double-weight glossy Agfa-Brovira paper, in good condition. Photographer's stamp with address at "Frankfurt am Main. Untermainkai 48", including handwritten...

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Lot n° 50

LOTHAR RÜBELT (1901–1990)

LOTHAR RÜBELT (1901-1990) Park visitors, Vienna, Austria 1930 Image Size: 23 x 17 cm Vintage silver print on semi-matte paper, mounted on modern card 33 x 30,3 cm, in very good condition. Signed, dated and annotated "Bänke im Volksgarten" in pencil...

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