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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1920s
L'Esclave porteuse d'éventail by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
L'Esclave porteuse d'éventailThe fan-carrying slave
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / N°23 / L'Esclav...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
A Study of Two Models by Sir William Russell Flint
Located in New Orleans, LA
Sir William Russell Flint, R.A., P.R.W.S.1880-1969 Scottish
A Study of Two Models
Signed "WRussell Flint" (bottom right)
Ethereal and sen...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
In Arms Angel
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden. This is how she writ...
Category
1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
P. Morgan - 1984 Watercolour, Under the Hawthorn Tree
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed and dated to the lower right. Presented in a light wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Henry Charles Fox (1860-1929) - 1903 Watercolour, Roxton on the Ouse
Located in Corsham, GB
An evocative watercolour by the well-listed artist Henry Charles Fox (1860-1929) depicting the village of Roxton on the Ouse, Bedfordshire, England. A group of cattle can be seen mea...
Category
Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Twee haantjes
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
Two birds
1966
Gouache on paper
39,5 x 48 cm.
Signed and dated: lower right ‘Quirijn 66’
Provenance: Private collection, the Netherlands...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
untitled (wildflower)
Located in New York, NY
Focused on wildflowers spotted along rural roads in his native Minnesota, these paintings capture the delicate beauty of these native flowers against deep magenta backgrounds. Rangin...
Category
1990s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Paarden
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
HORSES
1947
Gouache on paper
31 X 40 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left ‘Quirijn van Tiel 47’.
Provena...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
1930s French Impressionist Watercolour of Children in an Idyllic Country Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
French Impressionist watercolour on paper view of children in an idyllic country scene by Henri Clamen. Signed bottom right. Acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled-059 mixed media on paper by John Von Wicht
Located in Hudson, NY
This abstract artwork is one of a group of over 100 pieces personally selected by the artist, and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969. Please note that this painting was never ...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Purple and Black
By Paul Resika
Located in Provincetown, MA
Paul Resika was born in New York City in 1928. He began taking painting lessons at age nine, greatly encouraged by his Russian émigré mother. At twelve years old, he began studying w...
Category
Late 20th Century Abstract Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Shadow of a Doubt
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden.
This is how she writ...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pen
Checkered Blanket
Located in Boxholm, SE
Jolanta Johnsson, experienced Polish artist, graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PhD of fine arts, university teacher. She currently lives in Sweden.
This is how she writes about the drawing:
When it comes to purchasing a blanket, many of us are drawn to the timeless appeal of a plaid pattern, which is often present in abstract art. Have you ever wondered why this particular design is so popular? I must admit, I don't have the answer. However, picture this: two individuals lying on a checkered...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Pen
Wayvox
Located in New York, NY
Wayvox, 1986
Ballpoint pen on paper
11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm)
Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin
At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and ...
Category
1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Preisung der Unzucht II
By Felix Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Signed, dated and titled lower left.
Felix Waske was born in Vienna in 1942. From 1958 to 1967, he studied at the University of Applied Arts under Prof Eduard Bäumer and at the Acad...
Category
1970s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Pencil
Self Portrait, Graphite Sketch 20th Century British Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper
Image size: 12 1/4 x 8 inches (31 x 20.25 cm)
Hand made contemporary style frame
This is a wonderful self portrait that captures the artist as she stares, unafraid...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Frau bei Tisch sitzend
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Balthasar by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Balthasar
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / No. 15 / Costume pour Balthasar / 1919" (en verso)
Gouach...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Hussein Madi, painter, sculptor and engraver, born in 1938 in Chebaa in South Lebanon, is one of the Middle East’s most famous artists. Between 1958 and 1...
Category
1990s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 | Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tu...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Untitled #6-1995-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
Category
1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
La Prêtresse by Erté
By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La Prêtresse - Danseuse sacréeThe Priestess - Sacred Dancer
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "Les Rois des Légendes / N°3 / L...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silver
Ailerons de Requin by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Ailerons de Requin(Shark Fins)
Inscribed "n°1.491" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In 1928, Erté undertook the creation of stage desi...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
L'hiver by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
L'hiver
(The winter)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 356" (en verso)
Gouache and gold on paper
Erté crafts an elegant...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
The Buttonhole By Charles Spencelayh
Located in New Orleans, LA
Charles Spencelayh
1865-1958 British
The Buttonhole
Signed “C.SPENCELAYH” (lower left) and inscribed “This Drawing was accepted into the Royal Academy but crowded out for want of ...
Category
20th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait Study, 20th Century Graphite Artwork, Female Artist
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed bottom left
Image size: 7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches (19 x 25cm)
Contemporary frame
A characterful portrait of a woman in profile. The artist has captured much of ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Betty by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Betty
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Stamped "Erté, Romain de Tirtoff" (en verso)
Inscribed N°114.4 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Whiskers"
By Dora Maar
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Dora Maar (1907 - 1997).
Born Henriette Théodora Markovitch in France, Dora Maar was a 20th century photogra...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Art Deco Flapper Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002).
The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...
Category
1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled #26-0000-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Eunuque by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Eunuque
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 13" (en verso)
Gouache and silver on paper
< br>This costume was designed for th...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silver
Untitled-009 Abstraction in Reds mixed media painting by John Von Wicht
Located in Hudson, NY
One of a group of over 100 works personally selected by the artist and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969, this work was never matted, framed, glued, taped or exposed to light...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Paul Schürch (1886-1939) - Romantic Landscape Drawing 1917 Solothurn Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Paul Schürch
(Swiss, ∗ 14.2.1886 Wangen b. Olten, † 11.12.1939 Bern)
Romantic Landscape in area of Solothurn, Switzerland
• Charcoal/Pencil drawing delicately heightened in various...
Category
1910s Naturalistic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Pencil, Pastel, Charcoal
The Blitz, World War Two Landscape, 20th Century, British Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 8 x 10 1/4 inches (20.25 x 26 cm)
Mounted and framed
Charles Rebel Stanton served with the First Surrey Rifles in Northern France and Belgium during the First World War. Although Stanton was not an official war artist, his stirring watercolours document the devastation of towns and villages that he visited while on active military service
The Artist
Charles Rebel Stanton was born in Kentish Town, London, on 3 February 1887, the third of seven children of the book seller’s assistant, Charles Stanton, and his wife, Amelia (née Tate). At the time of the 1891 Census, the family was living at 22 Corinne Road, Islington. Nothing is known of Stanton’s education but, at the time of the 1901 Census, when he was 14 years old, he was working as a Science Assistant for the School Board of London, probably at a local school. By then, he and his family had moved to 121 South Street, Greenwich, and his father was working as a carpenter.
In The Art of the RMS Queen Mary (1994), Douglas M Hinkey describes Stanton as ‘a painter trained as an architect’.
While nothing is known of his architectural training, he is described as an ‘artist’ in the 1911 Census, which also records that he was still living with his family, which had moved to 53 Grosvenor Park SE, St Mary Newington. In the previous year, he had won second prize in the class for ‘pictorial art’ in a competition organised by the magazine, The Studio.
Charles Stanton began his career as a commercial artist, designing posters and postcards and illustrating books, and signing his work ‘Charles R Stanton’. Commissions included a poster for the Fine Art Society that was general enough in its design to have been used to advertise any number of exhibitions (though the example that has come to light promoted ‘Water Colours of Flower Time...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original Woodcut of St. Paul’s Cathedral: Rainy Day, Emile Antoine Verpilleux
Located in New York, NY
Emile Antoine Verpilleux, 1888-1964
St. Paul’s Cathedral: Rainy Day, 1924
Original woodcut, printed in colors
14 x 18 inches
Signed in pencil
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Woodcut
It stops with me
Located in MADRID, ES
It stops with me
Category
Late 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Joseph McCarthy as Baby New Year on a Hobbyhorse
Located in New York, NY
ink on beige
sight size: 254 x 317 mm.
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by
Edward Laning (who inherited Marsh's studio) to
Jack Henderson...
Category
1950s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Hostility, Female Nude
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Hostility, Female Nude, 20th century, Pencil
Technique: Pencil and Charcoal on Paper
Inscription: below with estate stamp
Date: ...
Category
20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Drawing on Paper Titled "The Card Game" by Marguerite Zorach, 1912
Located in New York, NY
Marguerite Zorach, 1887-1968
The Card Game, 1912
Ink on paper
9 ¼ x 12 inches
Signed and inscribed (on verso): Marguerite Zorach Playing Cards/Calif./1912.”
ZoraM-02
Category
1910s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
View Across a Lake, 19th Century British School Watercolour
Located in London, GB
British School
19th Century
View across a lake
Watercolour, monogrammed & dated ’02’ lower right
Image size: 11 3⁄4 x 17 3⁄4 inches
Framed
This ethereal landscape certainly draws upon the nineteenth century European Romantic tradition. The cool palette of blues, silvers and whites creates a sense of wonderment, together with an atmosphere of solitude and journey’s end. At first glance the scene is rather surreal, but the presence of a dry-stone wall and iron railings in the foreground familiarises the landscape.
THIS WORK IS PART OF OUR CURRENT EXHIBITION 'MOONLIGHT IN PAINTINGS AND WATERCOLOURS' CURRENTLY SHOWING AT DARNLEY FINE ART...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Anchored sailing ship
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Anchored sailing ship, 20th century, Charcoal
Technique: Charcoal over Pencil on Paper
Inscription: verso with estate stamp
Date...
Category
20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Figures - Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is a drawing in ink on paper, realized by G. Riegler .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 23.5 x 19.8 cm.
Image Dimensions: 15 x 9.4 cm
The artwork represents beautiful figures in one interior drawn in ink.
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Fat Lady
Located in Wien, 9
The artist has worked with various materials, but many of his works were created on paper. Although he began painting abstractly at an early age, Staudacher’s roots lie in the figura...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Leda and the Swan
Located in Greenwich, CT
American, 1897-1986
Reuben Nakian, born August 10, 1897 in College Point, New York enjoyed a long and distinguished career, maintaining his innovative spirit and creativity over mor...
Category
1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
“Christmas Tree Sale”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache artwork on archival paper of a Christmas scene used by the Fravessi Card Company as a holiday card. Signed lower left. Artist name and address and da...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
Am Wartehäuschen / At the Bus Shelter
Located in Wien, 9
Christian Arnold was an extremely productive artist during his lifetime and produced countless watercolours and oil paintings. In the style of New Objectivity, his landscapes or citi...
Category
20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nachtgespenst / Night ghost
Located in Wien, 9
Franz Rogler (1921 -1994) studied wood and stone sculpture with Wilhelm Gösser at the Graz School of Applied Arts and attended the master class for painting with Rudolf Szyszkowitz. During his studies he was drafted for military service and, together with fellow artist Hans Fronius, was deployed as a war painter in Austria, Germany, Italy, the former Yugoslavia, Greece and Russia. During this time he completed studies at the Academy in Zagreb and organised exhibitions in Austria. In 1944 he deserted and managed to escape to Switzerland, where he settled in Basel after his internment and came into contact with the Swiss Surrealists of "Group 33" and with the artists Hans Arp, Max Ernst and Meret Oppenheim through his friend Regula Weilenmann. After the end of the war, he studied at the Basel Art School with Walter Bodmer and Heinrich Müller, which introduced him to Constructivist art. In 1947 Rogler returned to Graz and became a member of the Graz Secession. From 1948 to 1950 he studied at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris Gütersloh, before returning to Graz as a freelance artist in 1950. In 1953 he received the Art Prize of the City of Graz and his works were published in the first issue of the "Surrealist Publications" edited by Edgar Jené and Paul Celan...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Winterreise
Located in Wien, 9
In his painting, Robert Hammerstiel is in constant search of the balance and harmony of form. In his drastic reduction to the physical essentials and the colourful placarding, he cre...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Winchester Cathedral, 20th Century Watercolour
By Gordon Scott
Located in London, GB
Gordon Noel Scott A.R.C.A
1914 - 2016
Winchester Cathedral
Watercolour
Image size: 13 ½ x 8 inches
Original frame
GORDON SCOTT EXHIBITION AT DARNLEY FINE ART
11th - 18th November 2017
Gordon Scott was trained at the RCA (1934-38) under Gilbert Spencer, Alan Sorrell and Charles Mahoney. A reserved and highly principled man, during WWII he was a conscientious objector, stationed at Bulford Camp on Salisbury Plain. His defined role is unknown, but during his time there he produced a number of sketches and paintings of soldiers...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Muscular Black Male Nude Academic Life Drawing in Charcoal
Located in Miami, FL
Charcoal on cream laid paper mounted on board. 940x590 mm; 37x23 1/4 inches. Signed in charcoal, lower right recto.
Unframed, The Paper has a slight ripple in the chest area. Four s...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Paper, Charcoal
Women Welders, The Ship
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Women Welders, The Ship" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in black and white by Post-War artist Irving Norman. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Seated nude with Face in Profile - Pencil Drawing - female Nude
By Alexej Jawlensky
Located in London, GB
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY 1864-1941
Torzhok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden (Russian/German)
Title: Seated nude with Face in Profile Sitzender Akt mit Gesicht im Profil, 1912
Technique: Signed Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 40 cm. / 19.7 x 15.7 in.
Additional Information: This drawing is signed in pencil by the artist “A v Jawlensky” at the lower right image.
It is dated in pencil “1912”, at the lower left image.
Provenance: Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover
Sotheby's London, 28 June 1978. Lot 176.
Jacqueline Kohler-Krotoschin, Zurich
Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 20 June 2018. Lot 107.
Exhibited: “Zwischen Tradition und Moderne”. Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover. 1975. Recorded as no. 222, cat. 14 (Illustrated).
Literature: 1. Weiler,C. (1970) Alexej Jawlensky...
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1910s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
African Children Suffer Famine and Despair in Hot Colors - Africa is Bleeding
By Victor Olson
Located in Miami, FL
An intense and powerful study of five undernourished and perhaps starving African children partly superimposed and partly integrated into the silhouette of the African continent...
Category
1970s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
"Dancing in the Dark" Intaglio Etching on Cotton Paper, Hand-Inked, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Indira Cesarine is a multidisciplinary artist who works with photography, video, painting, printmaking, and sculpture. A graduate of Columbia University with a triple major in Art Hi...
Category
1990s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cotton, Paper, Etching, Intaglio
"Modern Woman"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Untitled 518, 1990s
Located in Quogue, NY
Watercolor on paper
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Fish"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Ramstonev Co-operative Project (1937 - 1939)
In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and ...
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1930s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
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