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''Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940–1952'', the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas’s multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century––a designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer,(...)
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''Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940–1952'', the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas’s multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century––a designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer,(...)
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Constructive clarity: Max Bill and his time
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''Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940–1952'', the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas’s multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century––a designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer, typographer, writer, curator, teacher, and politician––who influenced generations of artists. Picking up where the first volume left off,Thomas turns her attention to Bill’s life during World War II, exploring the ground-breaking artistic and intellectual networks to which Bill belonged: from his time at the Bauhaus in Dessau to his connections with the Parisian avant-garde and his lifelong friendship with Georges Vantongerloo. His importance as a writer, publisher, and exhibition organizer comes to the fore in this volume, as does his crucial influence on the development of Concrete art in South America and his active interest in urban planning and postwar reconstruction. contexts in which he worked.
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''Constructive Clarity: Max Bill and His Time, 1940–1952'', the second installment of art historian Angela Thomas’s multivolume biography, continues her meticulous exploration of the life and work of the influential artist. Max Bill was undoubtedly one of the most versatile artists of the twentieth century––a designer, painter, sculptor, architect, graphic designer, typographer, writer, curator, teacher, and politician––who influenced generations of artists. Picking up where the first volume left off,Thomas turns her attention to Bill’s life during World War II, exploring the ground-breaking artistic and intellectual networks to which Bill belonged: from his time at the Bauhaus in Dessau to his connections with the Parisian avant-garde and his lifelong friendship with Georges Vantongerloo. His importance as a writer, publisher, and exhibition organizer comes to the fore in this volume, as does his crucial influence on the development of Concrete art in South America and his active interest in urban planning and postwar reconstruction. contexts in which he worked.
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October 2024
October 2024
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Graphic Designers, Monographs
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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Swiss artist, architect, and theorist Max Bill (1908–94) was an important proponent of concrete and constructive art and a key figure in twentieth-century European applied arts and design. Trained at the Bauhaus with eminent figures like Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius, and Paul Klee, Bill displayed an early virtuosity across a diverse range of fields, including(...)
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Swiss artist, architect, and theorist Max Bill (1908–94) was an important proponent of concrete and constructive art and a key figure in twentieth-century European applied arts and design. Trained at the Bauhaus with eminent figures like Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius, and Paul Klee, Bill displayed an early virtuosity across a diverse range of fields, including(...)
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Max Bill: no beginning, no end
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Swiss artist, architect, and theorist Max Bill (1908–94) was an important proponent of concrete and constructive art and a key figure in twentieth-century European applied arts and design. Trained at the Bauhaus with eminent figures like Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius, and Paul Klee, Bill displayed an early virtuosity across a diverse range of fields, including painting, sculpture, architecture, typography, and design. In the 1950s, he collaborated with Inge Scholl and Otl Aicher to found the legendary Ulm College of Design, where he carried on the Bauhaus legacy as both artist and teacher and made a decisive and lasting contribution to twentieth-century cultural life.
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Swiss artist, architect, and theorist Max Bill (1908–94) was an important proponent of concrete and constructive art and a key figure in twentieth-century European applied arts and design. Trained at the Bauhaus with eminent figures like Wassily Kandinsky, Walter Gropius, and Paul Klee, Bill displayed an early virtuosity across a diverse range of fields, including painting, sculpture, architecture, typography, and design. In the 1950s, he collaborated with Inge Scholl and Otl Aicher to found the legendary Ulm College of Design, where he carried on the Bauhaus legacy as both artist and teacher and made a decisive and lasting contribution to twentieth-century cultural life.
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August 2018
August 2018
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Graphic Designers, Monographs
Graphic Designers, Monographs
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Max Bill (1908–1994) was a Swiss polymath bridging the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Dr. Angela Thomas, art historian and widow of the artist, retraces Max Bill’s biography, from his childhood to his training at the Bauhaus, his return to Zurich, and on until the late 1930s. She meticulously dissects Max Bill’s journey through his exchanges with his family,(...)
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Max Bill (1908–1994) was a Swiss polymath bridging the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Dr. Angela Thomas, art historian and widow of the artist, retraces Max Bill’s biography, from his childhood to his training at the Bauhaus, his return to Zurich, and on until the late 1930s. She meticulously dissects Max Bill’s journey through his exchanges with his family,(...)
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A Subversive Gleam: Max Bill and His Time: 1908–1939
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Max Bill (1908–1994) was a Swiss polymath bridging the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Dr. Angela Thomas, art historian and widow of the artist, retraces Max Bill’s biography, from his childhood to his training at the Bauhaus, his return to Zurich, and on until the late 1930s. She meticulously dissects Max Bill’s journey through his exchanges with his family, teachers, and peers–and their individual respective life trajectories. In a highly unconventional meander through extraordinary biographies, she thus exposes the web-like private and public constellations in which Bill evolved.
A Subversive Gleam: Max Bill and His Time: 1908–1939
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Max Bill (1908–1994) was a Swiss polymath bridging the worlds of art, design, and architecture. Dr. Angela Thomas, art historian and widow of the artist, retraces Max Bill’s biography, from his childhood to his training at the Bauhaus, his return to Zurich, and on until the late 1930s. She meticulously dissects Max Bill’s journey through his exchanges with his family, teachers, and peers–and their individual respective life trajectories. In a highly unconventional meander through extraordinary biographies, she thus exposes the web-like private and public constellations in which Bill evolved.
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October 2022
October 2022
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Design Monographs
Design Monographs
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Sitôt qu'il est question d'esthétique, c'est-à-dire d'une réalité qu'on ne peut quantifier avec exactitude, il est inévitable que s'expriment des opinions divergentes, voire irréconciliables. Les typographes ne cessent de donner leurs avis sur l'utilisation, bonne ou mauvaise, de tel caractère typographique, sur l'emploi d'ornements ou sur le format de page optimal. Hans(...)
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Sitôt qu'il est question d'esthétique, c'est-à-dire d'une réalité qu'on ne peut quantifier avec exactitude, il est inévitable que s'expriment des opinions divergentes, voire irréconciliables. Les typographes ne cessent de donner leurs avis sur l'utilisation, bonne ou mauvaise, de tel caractère typographique, sur l'emploi d'ornements ou sur le format de page optimal. Hans(...)
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Max Bill/ Jan Tschichold : la querelle typographique des modernes
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Sitôt qu'il est question d'esthétique, c'est-à-dire d'une réalité qu'on ne peut quantifier avec exactitude, il est inévitable que s'expriment des opinions divergentes, voire irréconciliables. Les typographes ne cessent de donner leurs avis sur l'utilisation, bonne ou mauvaise, de tel caractère typographique, sur l'emploi d'ornements ou sur le format de page optimal. Hans Rudolf Bosshard traite de quelques exemples - de Bodoni et Bertuch à Morris et Morison - pour en arriver à ce qu'on a appelé la "querelle typographique des modernes" qui a opposé Max Bill à Jan Tschichold.
Max Bill/ Jan Tschichold : la querelle typographique des modernes
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Sitôt qu'il est question d'esthétique, c'est-à-dire d'une réalité qu'on ne peut quantifier avec exactitude, il est inévitable que s'expriment des opinions divergentes, voire irréconciliables. Les typographes ne cessent de donner leurs avis sur l'utilisation, bonne ou mauvaise, de tel caractère typographique, sur l'emploi d'ornements ou sur le format de page optimal. Hans Rudolf Bosshard traite de quelques exemples - de Bodoni et Bertuch à Morris et Morison - pour en arriver à ce qu'on a appelé la "querelle typographique des modernes" qui a opposé Max Bill à Jan Tschichold.
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May 2014
May 2014
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Graphic Design and Typography
Graphic Design and Typography
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Max Bill (1904-1994)- a product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, pupil of Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee- was a virtuoso designer whose work overleaped disciplinary boundaries, encompassing architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all the work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his(...)
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Max Bill (1904-1994)- a product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, pupil of Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee- was a virtuoso designer whose work overleaped disciplinary boundaries, encompassing architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all the work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his(...)
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AA words 5: Form, function, beauty = gestalt
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Max Bill (1904-1994)- a product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, pupil of Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee- was a virtuoso designer whose work overleaped disciplinary boundaries, encompassing architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all the work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his designs and his writings Max Bill has long been a major figure of reference in the German-speaking world. This collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.
AA words 5: Form, function, beauty = gestalt
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Max Bill (1904-1994)- a product of the Bauhaus at Dessau, pupil of Walter Gropius, Vasily Kandinsky and Paul Klee- was a virtuoso designer whose work overleaped disciplinary boundaries, encompassing architecture, painting, sculpture, industrial and graphic design, as well as education. What unites all the work is a clarity and precision of expression. Through both his designs and his writings Max Bill has long been a major figure of reference in the German-speaking world. This collection makes many of his key texts available in English for the first time.
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June 2010
June 2010
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Design Monographs
Design Monographs
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155 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 18 cm.
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155 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 18 cm.
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Gollion : Infolio, [2013]
Gollion : Infolio, [2013]
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Robert Maillart et la pensee constructive / Cyrille Simonnet.
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155 pages : chiefly illustrations, plans ; 18 cm.
Robert Maillart et la pensee constructive / Cyrille Simonnet.
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Gollion : Infolio, [2013]
Gollion : Infolio, [2013]
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VII, 106 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm + Preisliste ([8] pages ; 23 cm)
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VII, 106 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm + Preisliste ([8] pages ; 23 cm)
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- Beissbarth & Hoffmann. Catalogs.,
- Garden ornaments and furniture Germany Catalogs.,
- Outdoor furniture Germany Catalogs.,
- Decoration and ornament Germany Art nouveau Catalogs.,
- Jardins Meubles et ornements Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Meubles de plein air Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Décoration et ornement Art nouveau Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.,
- Garden ornaments and furniture.,
- Outdoor furniture.,
- Germany.,
- Trade catalogs.,
- Catalogs.
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Rheinau-Mannheim : Beissbarth & Hoffmann, [1912?]
Rheinau-Mannheim : Beissbarth & Hoffmann, [1912?]
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Rheinauer Gartenmöbel : Spalierwerke, Holzarbeiten für Parkanlagen, Veranden und Wintergärten, Gartenlauben, Gartenhäuser, Weisslackierte Möbel für Blumen u. Pflanzen, Dielen- und Veranda-Möbel in Eiche und Weisslack, Korbmöbel / Beissbarth & Hoffmann.
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VII, 106 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm + Preisliste ([8] pages ; 23 cm)
Rheinauer Gartenmöbel : Spalierwerke, Holzarbeiten für Parkanlagen, Veranden und Wintergärten, Gartenlauben, Gartenhäuser, Weisslackierte Möbel für Blumen u. Pflanzen, Dielen- und Veranda-Möbel in Eiche und Weisslack, Korbmöbel / Beissbarth & Hoffmann.
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Rheinau-Mannheim : Beissbarth & Hoffmann, [1912?]
Rheinau-Mannheim : Beissbarth & Hoffmann, [1912?]
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- Beissbarth & Hoffmann. Catalogs.,
- Garden ornaments and furniture Germany Catalogs.,
- Outdoor furniture Germany Catalogs.,
- Decoration and ornament Germany Art nouveau Catalogs.,
- Jardins Meubles et ornements Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Meubles de plein air Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Décoration et ornement Art nouveau Catalogues Allemagne.,
- Decoration and ornament Art nouveau.,
- Garden ornaments and furniture.,
- Outdoor furniture.,
- Germany.,
- Trade catalogs.,
- Catalogs.
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xii, 202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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xii, 202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
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Visualizations : the nature book of art and science / Martin Kemp.
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xii, 202 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Visualizations : the nature book of art and science / Martin Kemp.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2000.
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
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- Art, Modern 19th century History.,
- Art, Modern 20th century History.,
- Surrealism.,
- Dadaism.,
- Cubism.,
- Expressionism (Art),
- Constructivism (Art),
- Symbolism in art.,
- Fauvism.,
- Post-impressionism (Art),
- Art 19e siècle Histoire.,
- Art 20e siècle Histoire.,
- Surréalisme.,
- Dadaïsme.,
- Cubisme.,
- Expressionnisme (Art),
- Constructivisme (Art),
- Symbolisme dans l'art.,
- Fauvisme.,
- Postimpressionnisme (Art),
- Surrealist.,
- Dada.,
- Cubist.,
- Fauve.,
- Post-Impressionist.,
- Art, Modern,
- Kunsttheorie.,
- Art, Modern 20th century.,
- Art, Modern 19th century.,
- Art 19th century History.,
- Art 20th century History.,
- Art, 19th History,
- Art, 20th History,
- History,
- Books.,
- Art criticism.,
- Critiques d'art.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
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Theories of modern art : a source book by artists and critics / Herschel B. Chipp [with] contributions by Peter Selz and Joshua C. Taylor.
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xv, 664 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Theories of modern art : a source book by artists and critics / Herschel B. Chipp [with] contributions by Peter Selz and Joshua C. Taylor.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
Berkeley : University of California Press, 1968.
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- Art, Modern 19th century History.,
- Art, Modern 20th century History.,
- Surrealism.,
- Dadaism.,
- Cubism.,
- Expressionism (Art),
- Constructivism (Art),
- Symbolism in art.,
- Fauvism.,
- Post-impressionism (Art),
- Art 19e siècle Histoire.,
- Art 20e siècle Histoire.,
- Surréalisme.,
- Dadaïsme.,
- Cubisme.,
- Expressionnisme (Art),
- Constructivisme (Art),
- Symbolisme dans l'art.,
- Fauvisme.,
- Postimpressionnisme (Art),
- Surrealist.,
- Dada.,
- Cubist.,
- Fauve.,
- Post-Impressionist.,
- Art, Modern,
- Kunsttheorie.,
- Art, Modern 20th century.,
- Art, Modern 19th century.,
- Art 19th century History.,
- Art 20th century History.,
- Art, 19th History,
- Art, 20th History,
- History,
- Books.,
- Art criticism.,
- Critiques d'art.
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151 pages ; 22 cm
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151 pages ; 22 cm
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- Keetra Dean Dixon -- Ladislav Sutnar -- Bruno Munari -- Karl Gerstner -- Ivan E. Sutherland -- Max Bill -- Stewart Brand -- Wim Crouwel -- Sol LeWitt -- Sharon Poggenpohl -- April Greiman -- Muriel Cooper -- Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans -- Alan Kay -- Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum -- P. Scott Makela -- John Maeda -- Ben Fry and Casey Reas -- Paola Antonelli -- Hugh Dubberly -- Luna Maurer, Edo Paulus, Jonathan Puckey, Roel Wouters -- Brenda Laurel -- Khoi Vinh -- Keetra Dean Dixon -- Haakon Faste --,
- Armstrong, Helen, 1971-
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New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
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Digital design theory : readings from the field / edited by Helen Armstrong.
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151 pages ; 22 cm
Digital design theory : readings from the field / edited by Helen Armstrong.
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New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
New York, New York : Princeton Architectural Press, [2016]
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- Keetra Dean Dixon -- Ladislav Sutnar -- Bruno Munari -- Karl Gerstner -- Ivan E. Sutherland -- Max Bill -- Stewart Brand -- Wim Crouwel -- Sol LeWitt -- Sharon Poggenpohl -- April Greiman -- Muriel Cooper -- Zuzana Licko and Rudy VanderLans -- Alan Kay -- Erik van Blokland and Just van Rossum -- P. Scott Makela -- John Maeda -- Ben Fry and Casey Reas -- Paola Antonelli -- Hugh Dubberly -- Luna Maurer, Edo Paulus, Jonathan Puckey, Roel Wouters -- Brenda Laurel -- Khoi Vinh -- Keetra Dean Dixon -- Haakon Faste --,
- Armstrong, Helen, 1971-
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