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JULES PASCIN (1885-1930) Au Bar du Bal Tabarin Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 ¹/₄ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Pascin Executed in 1913 pp. 36-37
ARTISTS
Jankel Adler Alexander Altman Nathan Altman Max Band Marc Chagall Serge Charchoune Sonia Delaunay Alice Halicka Martin Jablonski Béla Kádár Michel Kikoïne Moïse Kisling Pinchus Krémègne Zygmunt Landau André Lanskoy Simon Mondzain Mela Muter Chana Orloff Jules Pascin Jean Pougny Joseph Pressmane Oscar Rabin Issacher Ryback Hugó Scheiber Leopold Survage Franciszek Tepa Ossip Zadkine
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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
La Robe Rouge Gouache and pastel on paper 90.5 x 61.9 cm (35 ⁵/₈ x 24 ³/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Marc Chagall Executed in 1971 Provenance Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York Sotheby's New York, 14th May 1998 Private Collection, London
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SONIA DELAUNAY (1885-1979)
Rythme Couleur, Projet pour un Menu (Alla Colomba) Gouache on wove paper 39 x 28 cm (15 ⅛ x 11 ⅛ inches) Signed lower right, Sonia Delaunay and inscribed, F1043 Executed in 1960 Provenance Private Collection, Connecticut, USA This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Richard Riss.
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Rythme Couleur Gouache on paper 77.4 x 55.5 cm (30¹/₂ x 21⁷/₈ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Sonia Delaunay 72 Provenance Private Collection, London This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Richard Riss.
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HUGO SCHEIBER (1873-1950)
Clown Pastel on paper 67 x 49 cm (26 ³/₈ x 19 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Scheiber Provenance Private Collection, London This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Gábor Einspach on behalf of The First Hungarian Painting Expert's Office.
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LÉOPOLD SURVAGE (1879-1968)
Nature Morte aux Fleurs Oil on canvas 54 x 65 cm (21¹/₄ x 25⁵/₈ inches) Signed lower left, Survage Executed circa 1918 Provenance Stendahl Gallery, Los Angeles Collection of Ruth and Murray Gribin, California Private Collection Sotheby's London, June 23rd 1993 Harriet Griffin Fine Arts, New York Private Collection, London
Exhibitions Los Angeles County Museum, Monet to Matisse: A Century of Art in France, from Southern California Collections, 6th September - 8th November 1991 (Lent by Ruth and Murray Gribin)
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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Libération Oil on canvas 61 x 36.5 cm (24 x 14³/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Marc Chagall Executed circa 1937-1945 Provenance Sotheby's London, 29th November 1988 Christie's London, 9th December 1998 Private Collection, London Exhibitions London, Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art, Chagall and his Circle, 5th June - 31st July 2005 10
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ZYGMUNT LANDAU (1898-1962)
Portrait de Femme Oil on canvas 46.3 x 38 cm (18 ¹/₄x 15 inches) Signed and dated lower left, Landau, Paris 1920 Provenance Private Collection, London
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OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Head Sculpture Bronze 48 x 24 x 12.5 cm (18 ⁷/₈ x 9 ¹/₂ x 4 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed, Zadkine, numbered 2/5, and inscribed, RKG Provenance Private Collection, London
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JANKEL ADLER (1895-1949)
Flower Still Life Oil, sand and gesso on board 64 x 48.5 cm (25 ¼ x 19 ⅛ inches) Signed centre left, Adler Executed circa 1928
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MELA MUTER (1876-1967)
Flower Still Life Oil on panel 65 x 46.5 cm (25 ⁵/₈ x 18 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Muter Verso: Church Provenance Private Collection, London
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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Assuérus Chasse Vashti Gouache, India ink and ink wash on paper 32.9 x 26.7 cm (13 x 10 ½ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left, Marc Chagall Executed in 1958-59 Provenance Collection of David McNeil, the artist’s son Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1986
Pastelle und Zeicnhungen, 15th November 1989 – 12th January 1990, later travelled to Landesmuseum Mainz (State Museum), 4th February – 22nd April 1990, no. 70, p. 96 (illustrated) London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Marc Chagall: Master of Colour, June – July 2016, pp. 30-31 (illustrated)
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity from Jean-Louis Prat on behalf Exhibitions of the Comité Chagall dated 21st November Bundeskanzleramt Bonn (Federal Chancellery), 2013. Marc Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle,
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David à la Harpe Gouache on paper 39.8 x 59.5 cm (15 ⅝ x 23 ⅜ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left, Marc Chagall Executed in 1955-56
later travelled to Landesmuseum Mainz (State Museum), 4th February – 22nd April 1990, no. 5, p. 30 (illustrated) London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Marc Chagall: Master of Colour, June – July 2016, pp. 60-61 (illustrated)
Provenance Collection of David McNeil, the artist’s son Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1986
This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity from Jean-Louis Prat on behalf of the Comité Chagall dated 21st November 2013.
Exhibitions Bundeskanzleramt Bonn (Federal Chancellery), Marc Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen, 15th November 1989 – 12th January 1990;
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MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Ange Ink wash and pastel on paper 39.8 x 29.9 cm (15 ⅝ x 11 ¾ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower right, Marc Chagall Executed in 1959-60 Provenance Collection of David McNeil, the artist’s son Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1986 Exhibitions Bundeskanzleramt Bonn (Federal Chancellery), Marc Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle,
Pastelle und Zeichnungen, 15th November 1989 – 12th January 1990, later travelled to Landesmuseum Mainz (State Museum, 4th February – 22nd April 1990, no. 10, p. 35 (illustrated) London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Marc Chagall: Master of Colour, June – July 2016, pp. 64-65 (illustrated) This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity from Jean-Louis Prat, on behalf of the Comité Chagall, dated 21st November 2013. 18
David et Goliath Pastel, ink wash and pencil on paper Pastelle und Zeichnungen, 15th November 50.7 x 32.5 cm (20 x 12 ¾ inches) 1989 – 12th January 1990; later travelled to Signed with Estate stamp lower left, Marc Landesmuseum Mainz (State Museum), 4th Chagall February – 22nd April 1990, no. 61, p. 87 Executed in 1955-56 (illustrated) London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Marc Chagall: Provenance Master of Colour, June - July 2016, pp. 68-69 Collection of David McNeil, the artist’s son (illustrated) Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1986 This work is accompanied by a photo-certificate of authenticity from Jean-Louis Prat on behalf Exhibitions of the Comité Chagall dated 21st November Bundeskanzleramt Bonn (Federal Chancellery), 2013. Marc Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle, 19
MARC CHAGALL (1887-1985)
Chérubin Ink wash and pencil on Japanese paper 51.8 x 33.5 cm (20 ⅜ x 13 ¼ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left, Marc Chagall Executed in 1958-59 Provenance Collection of David McNeil, the artist’s son Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1986 Exhibitions Bundeskanzleramt Bonn (Federal Chancellery), P. Von Zaberon, Marc
Chagall, Die Bibel: Gouachen, Aquarelle, Pastelle und Zeichnungen, 15th November 1989 – 12th January 1990, no. 19 p. 44 (illustrated); later travelled to Landesmuseum Mainz (State Museum), 4th February – 22nd April 1990 London, Stern Pissarro Gallery, Marc Chagall: Master of Colour, June – July 2016, pp. 36-37 (illustrated) This work is accompanied by a photocertificate of authenticity from Jean-Louis Prat on behalf of the Comité Chagall, dated 21st November 2013. 20
OSKAR RABIN (b. 1928)
Bouquet de Fleurs dans un Paysage Urbain Oil and collage on canvas 60 x 81 cm (23 ⅝ x 31 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower centre, Oscar Rabine 1987
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BÉLA KÁDÁR (1877-1956)
Mother and Child Gouache on Paper 88 x 59 cm (34 ⅝ x 23 ¼ inches) Signed center right, Kádár Béla Provenance Private collection, Israel
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Seated Girl Gouache on paper 85 x 58 cm (33 ¹/₂ x 22 ⁷/₈ inches) Signed lower right, Kádár Béla Executed in 1920 Provenance Private Collection, London
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MOÏSE KISLING (1891-1953)
Frère et Sœur Oil on canvas 73 x 61 cm (28 ³/₄ x 24 inches) Signed and dated lower left, Kisling 25
Literature Jean Dutourd, Jean Kisling, Kisling: 18911953, vol. III, 1995, no. 67, p.135 (illustrated)
Provenance Private Collection, Paris, Drouot Private Collection, Paris Sotheby's London, 27th June 1990 Private Collection, London, acquired from the above
This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Jean Kisling and dated 20th of July 1989.
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BÉLA KÁDÁR (1877-1956)
Two Figures Ink wash on paper 52 x 35 cm (20 ½ x 13 ¾ inches) Signed lower right, Kádár Béla
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CHANA ORLOFF (1888-1968)
Deux Danseuses Bronze 78.5 x 18.7 x 20 cm (30 ⅞ x 7 ⅜ x 7 ⅞ inches) Signed and inscribed on the base, Ch.Orloff 4/8 Executed 1914 Literature F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Les éditions de l’amateur. 1991, p. 204, pl. 11 (illustrated) This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Ariane Tamir, dated 24 January 2016
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JANKEL ADLER (1895-1949)
Seated Figure Oil wash on paper 42 x 31 cm (16 ½ x 12 ¼ inches) Signed lower right, Adler Provenance Private Collection, acquired from the artist, 1944 Sotheby’s, Tel Aviv, 26th May 1988 Private Collection, London
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Birds Oil on canvas 61.4 x 46.4 cm (24¹/₈ x 18¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Adler Executed circa 1950 Provenance Galerie Charles Lienhard, Zürich, 1959 Gimpel Fils Gallery, London Exhibitions John Denham Gallery, Jankel Adler, June 9th - June 23rd 1996 29
ALICE HALICKA (1894-1975)
Still Life Gouache on board 36 x 26 cm (14 ⅛ x 10 ¼ inches) Signed lower left, A Halicka Provenance Private Collection, London
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NATHAN ALTMAN (1889-1970)
Composition Oil on canvas 49 x 33 cm (19 ¹/₄ x 13 inches) Signed in Cyrillic characters lower right Executed in 1919 Provenance Private Collection, London
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ANDRÉ LANSKOY (1902-1976)
Composition Oil on canvas 81 x 54 cm (31 ⅞ x 21 ¼ inches) Signed lower right, Lanskoy Provenance Private Collection, Germany This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued and signed by the artist, and by a certificate of authenticity dated 15th April 2015 from the Comité Lanskoy, confirming its inclusion in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by the Comité Lanskoy. 32
Lecture Pour un Sourd-Muet Oil on canvas 81 x 54 cm (31 ⁷/₈ x 21 ¹/₄ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Lanskoy 64 Titled and dated on the reverse Provenance Galerie Verrière, Lyon, 1982 Alexia Goethe Fine Art Private Collection, London This work is accompanied by a letter of authenticity signed by André Schoeller and dated 28th January 2002. 33
SERGE CHARCHOUNE (1888-1975)
Neuvième Symphonie de Beethoven Oil on canvas 41 x 24 cm (16 ⅛ x 9 ½ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Charchoune 59 Literature Pierre Guénégan, Charchoune: Catalogue Raisonné, 1951-1960, vol. 4 Lanwell & Leeds Ltd. 2011, no. 1959/018, p. 213 (illustrated) This work is accompanied by a certificate from Pierre Guénégan numbered 256/2011 and dated 26th April 2011.
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Composition Inspirée par le Credo de la Messe en C Mineur de Bach Oil on canvas 116 x 73 cm (45 ⅝ x 28 ¾ inches) Signed and dated lower right, Charchoune 1959 Literature Pierre Guenegan, Charchoune: Catalogue Raisonné, vol. 4, 1951-1960, Lanwell & Leeds Ltd., 2011, no.1958/012, p. 208 (illustrated) This work is accompanied by a certificate from Pierre Guénégan numbered 219/2010 and dated 17th September 2010.
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JULES PASCIN (1885-1930)
Au Bar du Bal Tabarin Oil on canvas 92 x 73 cm (36 ¹/₄ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Pascin Executed in 1913 Provenance Collection of Lucy Krogh, Paris, thence by descent, circa 1930 Collection of Guy Krogh, Paris, thence by descent, since 1967 Private Collection, acquired 28th September 1987 Neffe-Degandt Gallery, London Private Collection, London, acquired from the above Literature Yves Hemin, Guy Krohg, Klaus Perls, Abel Rambert, Pascin, Catalogue Raisonné Peintures, Aquarelles, Pastels, Dessins, Paris, 1984, vol. I, no. V, p. 34 (illustrated, p. 35) Exhibitions Munich, Haus der Kunst, 21st June - 28th September 1969, no. 14 (illustrated) Vienna, Wiener Secession, 15th October - 23rd November
1969, no. 14 (illustrated) Bordeaux, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Pascin, 15th December 1969 - 8th February 1970, no.14 (illustrated) Nice, Palais de la Méditerranée, Pascin, February - April 1970, no. 49 (illustrated, no. 14) Geneva, Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Exposition Rétrospective Pascin, 1st May - 14th June 1970, no. 14 (illustrated) Japan, Ecole de Paris, 1979, no. 10 (illustrated) Oslo, Nasjonalgalleriet, Pascin: Malerier, Tegninger, Grafikk, 12th January - 9th March 1980, no. 9, p. 15 (illustrated) Bergen Kunstgorening, Pascin: Malerier, Tegninger, Grafikk, 11th-27th April 1980, no. 9, p. 15 (illustrated) Trondhjem Kunstforening, Pascin: Malerier, Tegninger, Grafikk, 7th May - 1st June 1980, no. 9, p. 15 (illustrated) Paris, Grand Palais, Rétrospective Pascin au Salon Automne, 1980 (illustrated) London, Tate Modern, Century City: Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis, 1st February – 29th April 2001, no. 423, p.287 (illustrated, p. 151) Paris, Fondation Dina Vierny-Musée Maillol, Pascin, Le Magicien du Réel, 14th February - 4th June 2007, p. 15, p. 93 (illustrated) 36
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JULES PASCIN (1885-1930)
Rebecca Couchée Oil over pencil on canvas 73.1 x 91.8 cm (28 ¾ x 36 ⅛ inches) Signed lower right, Pascin Executed in 1927, Boulevard de Clichy, Paris Provenance Collection Marcel Bernheim, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, acquired from the artist, 1928 Pierre Blum, Paris, acquired from the above, 1952 Perls Galleries, New York, no. 13565 Private collection, Osaka Sotheby’s, New York, 14th May 1998 Peter Findlay Gallery Inc., New York
Private collection, USA, acquired from the above, June 2011 Literature Luis Seoane, Pascin, Buenos Aires, 1944, 1st ed., no. 25, p. 64 (illustrated and titled Mujer Desnuda Tendida) Y. Hemin, G. Krogh, K. Perls and A. Rambert, Pascin: Catalogue Raisonné, Peintures, Aquarelles, Pastels, Dessins, Paris, 1984, vol. 1, p. 303, no. 597 (illustrated) 38
Mija Oil on canvas 91 x 73 cm (35 ⁷/₈ x 28 ³/₄ inches) Signed, dated and inscribed upper right Provenance Private Collection, London This artwork is accompanied with a certificate signed by Abel Rambert dated 6th of March, 1990.
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SIMON FRANCOIS STANISLAS MONDZAIN (1890-1979)
Nue Assise Oil on canvas mounted on panel 27 x 22 cm (10 ⅝ x 8 ⅝ inches) Signed lower left, Mondzain Executed in 1926 Provenance Private Collection, London
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Portrait de Femme avec Foulard Rouge Pastel on paper 61 x 47 cm (24 x 18 š/₂ inches) Signed and dated upper left, Mondzain 1926 Provenance Private Collection, London
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JULES PASCIN (1885-1930)
Etude pour Nues Oil on cardboard 36.5 x 44.5 cm (14 ³/₈ x 17 ¹/₂ inches) Signed lower right, Pascin Executed in 1907 Provenance Private Collection, London
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Femme en Chemise Bleue Oil on canvas 73 x 50 cm (28 ³/₄ x 19 ³/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Pascin Executed in 1916 Provenance Private Collection, London
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ZYGMUNT LANDAU (1898-1962)
Femme Robe Rouge Oil on canvas 98 x 48 cm (38 ⅝ x 18 ⅞ inches) Signed lower right, Landau Provenance Private Collection, London
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OSSIP ZADKINE (1890-1967)
Le Village à l'Aqueduc Gouache on paper 54.5 x 70 cm (21 ½ x 27 ½ inches) Signed lower left, O. Zadkine 28 Provenance Private Collection, USA
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PINCHUS KRÉMÈGNE (1890-1981)
Les Capucins à Céret Oil on canvas 55 x 65 cm (21 ⅝ x 25 ⅝ inches) Signed lower right, Kremegne Provenance Le Petit Palais Museum, Geneva The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by Jeannette Kremen.
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MICHEL KIKOÏNE (1892-1968)
Portrait of Jacques Shalom Oil on board 72 x 48 cm (28 ³/₈ x 18 ⁷/₈ inches) Titled on the reverse Provenance Private Collection, London Literature J. Cassou, Kikoïne, Lausanne, 1973, no. 712 (illustrated p. 349)
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JOSEPH PRESSMANE (1904-1967)
Still Life with Candlestick and Book Oil on board 35.5 x 42 cm (14 x 16 ½ inches) Signed and dated lower left, J. Pressmane 57
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JEAN POUGNY (1892-1956)
Paysage de Paris (La Ligne de Chemin de Fer) Oil on canvas, laid on board 10.5 x 21.5 cm (4 ⅛ x 8 ½ inches) Signed lower right, Pougny
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ALEXANDER ALTMANN (1885-1934)
Winter Landscape Oil on canvas 65 x 85 cm (25 ⅝ x 33 ½ inches) Signed lower left, Alexander Altmann Executed circa 1920s
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ISSACHAR RYBACK (1897-1935)
Donkey Pulling a Haycart Oil on canvas 65 x 54 cm (25⅝ x 21¼ inches) Signed lower left, I.Ryback
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MARTIN JABLONSKI (1801 - 1870)
Portrait of a Child with a Book Oil on canvas 66.5 x 53 cm (26 ⅛ x 20 ⅞ inches) Signed with monogram and dated, 1839
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MAX BAND (1901-1974)
Young Boy Oil on canvas 79 x 52.5 cm (31 ¹/₈ x 20 ⅝ inches) Signed lower left, Max Band Provenance Private Collection, London
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FRANCISZEK TEPA (1828-1889)
Laboureur/Nodolie Watercolour 20.5 x 30 cm (8 ⅛ x 11 ¾ inches) Signed and dated lower left, Franciszek Tepa 1873
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Petit Patre/Nodolie Watercolour 29 x 20 cm (11 ž x 7 ⅞ inches) Signed and dated lower left, Franciszek Tepa 1873
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