BRAND FORTY THREE
WORKS ON PAPER Forty Third Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper September 26, 2015 through October 31, 2015
KENT TWITCHELL JUROR i
BRAND FORTY THREE
WORKS ON PAPER Forty Third Annual National Juried Exhibition of Works on Paper September 26, 2015 through October 31, 2015 Sponsored by Brand Associates In cooperation with Glendale Library, Arts & Culture
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rand Associates are deeply grateful to our contributors for their generosity and support of the arts in our community
SPONSORS MARY LOUISE BRAND SPONSOR ($2,500 - $4,999) Glendale Adventist Medical Center Arlene Vidor NATHANIEL DRYDEN PATRONS ($1,000 - $2,999) Mary Jamora Tufenkian Fine Arts JEWEL SUPPORTERS ($500 - $999) Alen Malekian PEACOCK SUPPORTERS (Up to $250) Marie Fish Lislotte Koerner Mary L. Owens Schnore John & Daphne Lee Nancy Call Dowey Greg Grammer and Simon Wright Carolyn Meduski Janice Peterson Irena Raulinaitis Laurel Lee Anderson Morgan Stanley and Jonathan McLean Judy Walker and Peter Clemens Elaine Wilkerson Carolyn and Art Flemming
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WELCOME TO BRAND 43 Welcome to our 43rd Annual Works on Paper Exhibition! Last year we celebrated the opening of the rehabilitated Brand Library. This year our focus of appreciation is the Brand Library Art Galleries, one of the region’s most unique and celebrated municipal gallery spaces. The galleries, both Skylight and Atrium, were added to the library by the City of Glendale in 1969. The Brand Associates, the library’s non-profit arm, began mounting annual juried exhibitions in the space in 1971 and the tradition has continued, building in size and scope over the years. It is fitting that we honor our beloved gallery this year by having our exhibition juried by Los Angeles muralist Kent Twitchell, whose large scale public artwork on buildings all over Southern California, is some of the most recognizable in the country. Twitchell had the task of selecting 68 pieces of artwork out of 890 submitted from all over the country and then choosing six works for special recognition. From this group of six, a committee of the Brand Associates has chosen the Jane Friend Purchase Award winner and the Robert Brown Award winner. We hope you enjoy the show and visit “the Brand” often during its run. Arlene Vidor, President Brand Associates
Judy Walker, Chair Brand 43 Exhibition
Cathy Billings, Supervisor Brand Library & Art Center
JUROR’S STATEMENT Jurying the 43rd National Works on Paper Exhibition has been a privilege. I first heard of “The Brand”, as we called it in 1966, as a college freshman and art major. I will never forget seeing “Miradero” for the first time with my art student friends. We were overwhelmed by the magnificent white building, its minarets and the glistening entrance gates. We sat under the trees in the park and gazed up at the tall palms, the Verdugo Mountains rising up behind the library, and the acres of rolling green grass around us and found it easy to study or just talk in this environment. We could research everything and anything in the Brand Library and found it almost impossible to leave the place. We talked about it when we weren’t there and went as often as we could. It was a dream.
My own art has been shown in the Brand Gallery three or four times, beginning in the 1980s. Now, taking part in the 43rd Works on Paper Exhibition is like circling back to the beginning and gaining a new appreciation of the place. I did not expect to experience so many excellent works of art and wish I could have selected at least twice as many. I have never enjoyed jurying a show more and look forward to seeing the final selections on the walls of the beautiful Brand gallery.
Sometimes a very wealthy citizen leaves a magnificent personal home to a city and when that happens it often results in the most aesthetic public institutions we have. In this case it was Leslie C. Brand, often known as the father of Glendale. The Brand as a public institution was recently opened when I began my regular visits, 59 years ago.
Kent Twitchell
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Jane Friend Purchase Award Elaine M. Erne Beanie Bunny Forgot Her Bungee Cord Graphite pencil on paper, 90 x 40"
Asma AlAhmad Transparant Ink on paper, 36 x 24"
RenĂŠe Amitai Voyage au Bout de la Nuit Monoprint on handmade paper, 18 x 22"
Donna Abbate A Spoken Flower page 39
Robin Adsit Ground and Figure
Colored pencil and paint on book page 16.5 x 12"
Oil and ink on paper, 51 x 62"
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Michele Benzamin-Miki In the middle of my life I came upon a dark forrest... Pencil on paper, 29 x 37"
Robert Brown Award Tamie Beldue Fiction Graphite, watercolor & encaustic, 35.25 x 26.5"
Laura Black Untitled Ink on paper, 7 x 5"
Michele Benzamin-Miki Still Life
Kathleen Ballard Koi Pair
Pencil on paper, 19 x 16"
Watercolor, 20 x 28"
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Art Blom A Marble Colorado Pen and ink, 13.37 x 22.5"
Lorraine Bubar Walking on Water pm Papercut, 29 x 20"
Brian Carney Desert Stalker Ball point pen, 24 x 18"
Laura Black Adamantus Swallowtail Color pencil on illustration board, 7 x 5"
Ian Brownlee Rise of the Vestal Virgins Gouache and pen on paper, 20 x 20"
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Brand Associates Patron Award Kaye Buchman Big Thicket Ink on paper, 82 x 42"
Brand Associates Patron Award RenĂŠe Caouette Dustin Pastel pencils on toned paper, 24 x 18"
Jennifer Celio Nebulae Graphite pencil on Yupo paper, 8 x 6"
Lynn E. Coleman Heart Breakers
Lynne Casal Black, White, Gray
Shredded Divorce Documents, Automotive lacquer, oil paint, 30 x 24"
Charcoal on paper, 35 x 23"
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Romina Del Castillo Black is the color of Vladimir’s Hair Charcoal, pastel, graphite and tempera, 50 x 38"
Chuka Susan Chesney Two Girls Reading Watercolor, collage, 22 x 15"
Olya Dubatova Fragmented Identity
Katie Crown Audience Drawing No.3
Multiple exposure digital photograph, mixed media, 44 x 36"
Charcoal and pencil on paper, 47 x 32 x 2"
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Elaine M. Erne Blinded By The Sight Lithograph, 24 x 18"
Ghislaine Fremaux Untitled [Aaron] Pastel and watercolor on paper, coated in epoxy resin, 8 x 10'
Myra Epstein Tea With Clarice Cliff Watercolor on paper, 20 x 16"
Diana-Sofia Estrada Alexandria, Egypt, in Ruins Colored pencil on paper, 17.25 x 32.25"
Diana Djibirova Self Portrait, in Layers, X Silver paper, pencil, 20 x 16"
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Ruth Gregory Fold the Lily Graphite on paper, 14 x 21"
Nicholas Fedak II Film Noir Archival pigment print, 16 x 20"
Knarik Gevorkyan Under Three Arches Gouache on paper, 19 Inches x 25.5"
Shanna Galloway Patsy Carbon pencil on Rives BFK paper, 25.5 x 19"
Leonard Greco Temptation of Saint Anthony of the Desert Acrylic on paper, 11 x 14"
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IgaĂŤl Gurin-Malous Ruff 1 Photograph, 8 x 11"
Brand Associates Patron Award Amanda Gress Ending Memories Pastel on paper, 36 x 53"
Deanna Glad Point Fermin Linoleum print, 6.5 x 12"
Beverly Grossman Etude IV Mixed media, 22 x 30"
Kristina Hagman Santa Monica Tree One Woodblock print, 12 x 14"
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Adonna Khare Screaming Wolves Carbon pencil on paper, 5 x 4’
Araks Johannes Figure #2 Charcoal pencil, 14 x 7"
Ramon Hurtado The Oracle Red chalk on paper, 18 x 24"
Linsley Lambert Stargazer Pastel, charcoal on paper, 25 x 20"
Leon Loughridge Arroyo Seco Dusk Woodblock, 6.5 x 16.5"
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CL Martin Dancer IX Graphite and charcoal on paper, 55 x 86 cm
Vincent Mattina Undiscovered Country Digital art, 20 x 16"
Tony Lazorko Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow‌ Color woodblock, 11 x 17"
Maryrose C. Mendoza I just had to look Colored pencil on paper, 11.5 x 5"
Kathy McGhee Reminiscence Silkscreen print, 14 x 19.75"
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Chris Perry 147 Ripples: vortex
R. Bruce Muirhead Secret Viewers
Paper, fabric, mirror, gel acetate, 10.25 x 19.5 x 19.5"
Etching/aquatint, 10 x 18"
Alex Queral State of Grace Acrylic on carved phone books, 11 x 9 x 4"
Lynne McDaniel January 2015
Gail Postal Carmen
Charcoal on paper, 9 x 54"
Colored pencil and graphite, 30 x 23"
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Doug Shoemaker Warehouse I
Gregory Radionov The Right to Bear in Arms
Watercolor on paper, 22 x 28.5"
Linocut print on paper, 40 x 30 x 1"
Catherine Ruane Conclave Drawing Charcoal Graphite, 30 x 40"
Eugene Rodriguez Homeland Sweet Homeland Ink on Fabriano paper, 11 x 15"
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Mark Sisson Portrait of Savannah Titus: Prioritize The Threats Linocut/woodcut/lithograph, 16.5 x 12.5"
Alice Simpson BALLROOM, an artist book Watercolor on Arches, wooden feet, 13 x 11 x .5"
Lynn Skordal Angels In America (No. 4) Cut and paste paper on paper collage, 8 x 11"
Michael Tang Main Street, Venice
Jamie Sweetman Artichoke Cilia
Watercolor, 29.5 x 39"
Monotype, gouache, ink, colored pencil on Mylar, 36 x 16"
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Argineh Zadoorian Christmas Watercolor and pen on paper, 21.5 x 19.5"
Brand Associates Patron Award Mark Vallen Welcome to Aztlรกn Pencil on paper, 21 x 18.5"
Julie VonDerVellen Q&A Paper, 12 x 5 x 4"
Xiong Xuan Family Pencil on paper, 40 x 30 x 1"
Loraine Veeck An Ocean Drive Pastel, 33 x 26"
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Award Winners Elaine M. Erne
Beanie Bunny
Forgot Her Bungee Cord
Jane Friend Purchase Award
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Robert Brown Award
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Tamie Beldue Fiction Kaye Buchman
Brand Associates Patron Award
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Renée Caouette Dustin
Big Thicket
Brand Associates Patron Award
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Amanda Gress
Ending Memories
Brand Associates Patron Award
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Mark Vallen
Welcome to Aztlán
Brand Associates Patron Award
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Los Angeles, CA
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Claremont, CA
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Asma AlAhmad Transparant
Long Beach, CA
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Renee Amitai
Voyage au Bout de le Nuit
Lake Balboa, CA
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Kathleen Ballard
Koi Pair
Index of Exhibitors Donna Abbate
A Spoken Flower page 39
Robin Adsit
Ground and Figure
Altadena, CA
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Tamie Beldue Fiction
Black Mountain, NC
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Michele Benzamin-Miki Still Life
Warner Springs, CA
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Michele Benzamin-Miki In the middle of my life I came upon a dark forrest...
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Laura Black
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Adamantus Swallowtail
Huntington Beach, CA
Laura Black Untitled
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Art Blom
A Marble Colorado
Clifton, CO
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Ian Brownlee
Rise of the Vestal Virgins
Oakland, CA
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Lorraine Bubar
Walking on Water pm
Los Angeles, CA
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Kaye Buchman
Big Thicket
Chicago, IL
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Renée Caouette Dustin Brian Carney
Desert Stalker
Lynne Casal
Interiors
Jennifer Celio Nebulae Chuka Chesney
Two Girls Reading
Lynn Coleman
Heart Breakers
Katie Crown
Audience Drawing No.3
Romina Del Castillo
Black is the color of Vladimir’s Hair
Diana Djibirova
Self Portrait, in Layers, X
Olya Dubatova
Southborough, MA
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Matthews, NC
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Huntington Beach, CA
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Long Beach, CA
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Glendale, CA
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Woodland Hills, CA
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Pasadena, CA
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Long Beach, CA
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Bronx, NY
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Fragmented Identity
Los Angeles, CA
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Myra Epstein
Tea With Clarice Cliff
Sierra Madre, CA
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Elaine M. Erne
Beanie Bunny Forgot Her Bungee Cord
Philadelphia, PA
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Elaine M. Erne
Blinded By The Sight
Diana-Sofia Estrada
Alexandria, Egypt, in Ruins
Nicholas Fedak II
Film Noir
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Los Angeles, CA
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Burbank, CA
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Index of Exhibitors Ghislaine Fremaux
Untitled [Aaron]
Shanna Galloway Patsy Knarik Gevorkyan
Under Three Arches
Deanna Glad
Point Fermin
Lubbock, TX
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Los Angeles, CA
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Glendale, CA
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Hailey, ID
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Leonard Greco
Temptation of Saint Anthony of the Desert
Los Angeles, CA
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Ruth Gregory
Fold the Lily
Toluca Lake, CA
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Amanda Gress
Ending Memories
Santa Monica, CA
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Beverly Grossman
Etude IV
Encino, CA
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Los Angeles, CA
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Santa Monica, CA
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Igael Gurin-Malous Ruff Kristina Hagman
Santa Monica Tree One
Ramon Hurtado
The Oracle
Burbank, CA
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Araks Johannes
Figure #2
Glendale, CA
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Adonna Khare
Screaming Wolves
Burbank, CA
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Linsley Lambert Stargazer
Culver City, CA
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Mesilla, NM
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Tony Lazorko
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…
Leon Loughridge
Arroyo Seco Dusk
CL Martin
Dancer IX
Vincent Mattina
Undiscovered Country
Lynne McDaniel Kathy McGhee
Denver, CO
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St. Paul, MN
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Long Beach, CA
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January 2015
Altadena, CA
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Reminiscence
Galloway, OH
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Maryrose Mendoza
I just had to look
Monrovia, CA
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R. Bruce Muirhead
Secret Viewers
Clinton, NY
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Chris Perry
147 Ripples: vortex
Ridgefield, CT
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Gail Postal Carmen
New York, NY
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Alex Queral
State of Grace
Baltimore, MD
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Gregory Radionov
The Right to Bear in Arms
Northridge, CA
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Eugene Rodriguez
Homeland Sweet Homeland
Catherine Ruane Conclave Doug Shoemaker
Warehouse I
Alice Simpson Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
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Valley Center, CA
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San Francisco, CA
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South Pasadena, CA
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Mark Sisson
Portrait of Savannah Titus: Prioritize The Threats
Lynn Skordal
Angels In America (No. 4)
Mercer Island, WA
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Jamie Sweetman
Artichoke Cilia
Sierra Madre, CA
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Michael Tang
Main Street, Venice
Los Angeles, CA
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Mark Vallen
Welcome to Aztlán
Sherman Oaks, CA
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Loraine Veeck
An Ocean Drive
Woodland Hills, CA
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Julie VonDerVellen
Q & A
Xiong Xuan Family Argineh Zadoorian Christmas
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Stillwater, OK
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Milwaukee, WI
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State College, PA
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Glendale, CA
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Acknowledgements We deeply appreciate the large team of individuals, including the many volunteers, who have made Brand 43 “Works on Paper” a beautiful and well-executed exhibition. Their passion for artistic excellence is deeply felt and we would like to acknowlege the key contributors. Judy Walker, Chairperson, Brand 43 With Special Thanks: Kent Twitchell – Juror, Brand 43 Our Generous Donors (listed on page 2) All the artists who submitted their work for consideration With Thanks: Brand Associates Board of Directors Arlene Vidor – President Jean Simone – Vice President Mary Jamora – Treasurer Debra Thompson – Secretary Arlette de Hovanessian – Director Stephen Jerrome – Director Caroline Tufenkian – Director Judy Walker – Director Irena Raulinaitis Marie Rooney-Hardwick Bonese Collins Turner Scott Lasken – Stratagem Design, Inc. Monique Poon – Minuteman Press City of Glendale Library, Arts & Culture Cindy Cleary – Director Cathy Billings – Senior Library Supervisor Caley Cannon – Arts Librarian Paul Gellman – Installer Blair Whittington – Music Librarian Chuck Wike – Public Relations Manager
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