schedule of exhibitions and events

SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITIONS AND EVENTS
January, February and March 2015
Media Contact
Norton Simon Museum
411 West Colorado Blvd.
Pasadena, CA 91105-1825
www.nortonsimon.org
(626) 449-6840
In this Issue
Leslie Denk
Director of Public Affairs
Phone: (626) 844-6941; Fax: (626) 844-6944
Email: ldenk@nortonsimon.org
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EXHIBITIONS................................................................................................................ 2–3
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EVENTS CALENDAR ................................................................................................. 4–12
 Lectures ................................................................................................ 4
 Films....................................................................................................... 5
 A Night in Focus ................................................................................. 5
 Performance ........................................................................................ 6
 Adult Drawing Classes ................................................................ 6–7
 Adult Art-Making Workshop .............................................................7
 Afternoon Salons .......................................................................... 7–8
 In Studio................................................................................................ 8
 Guided Tours ............................................................................... 9–10
 Family Events .............................................................................. 10–12
 Teen Arts Academy .......................................................................... 12
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GENERAL MUSEUM INFORMATION.......................................................................... 13
NOTE: All information is subject to change. Please confirm before publishing.
EXHIBITIONS
OPENING
Tête-à-Tête:
Three Masterpieces from the Musée d’Orsay
March 27–June 22, 2015
The Norton Simon Museum presents an installation of three
paintings from the Musée d’Orsay’s renowned collection of
Impressionist art. Organized by Chief Curator Carol Togneri with
Associate Curator Emily Beeny, the installation features Édouard
Manet’s Emile Zola, 1868, James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s
Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1, 1871 (also known as Portrait
of the Artist’s Mother), and Paul Cézanne’s Card Players, 1892–96.
The Orsay paintings will hang together in the Norton Simon Museum’s 19th-century wing, alongside paintings
from the Simon collection by Manet, Cézanne and their peers. A series of lectures, tours, films, and family
programs will be offered in conjunction with the installation. Timed tickets will be available for sale
beginning in January 2015.
Human/Nature:
Photographers Constructing the Natural World
March 6–August 31, 2015
Long-revered conventions have held that landscape and nature
photography should minimize evidence of human presence. In
this framework, the best images offer up the pristine vistas that
photographer Lewis Baltz has wryly characterized as “the
privileged world of pure nature.” The ten artists in Human/Nature:
Photographers Constructing the Natural World play with and against this tradition. In the work on display, these
artists treat signs of humanity, and our activities, as essential, constitutive elements of their image-making
practice rather than as undesirable or unfortunate inclusions. Drawing upon American photography from the
1960s to the present in the Norton Simon’s permanent collections, this exhibition sees “nature” and “culture”
not in opposition, but in dialogue.
Image credits: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1 also called Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1871, Oil on canvas,
Paris, musée d’Orsay, © Musée d'Orsay, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Patrice Schmidt; Robert von Sternberg (American, b. 1939), Columbia Ice Field, Canada,
2009, Archival Inkjet print, Norton Simon Museum, Gift of the Artist, © Robert von Sternberg
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CONTINUING
Lock, Stock and Barrel:
Norton Simon’s Purchase of Duveen Brothers Gallery
Through April 27, 2015
The Norton Simon Museum presents an exhibition examining one of Norton
Simon’s most memorable acquisitions—the purchase of the century-old,
esteemed art dealership, the Duveen Brothers Gallery. Featuring more than
100 works from the Museum’s collection, Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton
Simon’s Purchase of Duveen Brothers Gallery sheds light on Simon’s business
strategies and his dramatic evolution as an art collector. And with its focus on
the Gallery’s remaining stock, the exhibition provides a window onto the
tastes and trends of the early- to mid-20th-century American art market.
CLOSING
Home and Away: The Printed Works of Ruth Asawa
Through January 19, 2015
The Norton Simon Museum presents Home and Away, an exhibition of
printed works by Ruth Asawa while in residence at the Tamarind
Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles in 1965. At the Workshop, Asawa
produced intimate portraits of her family and friends back home as well
as studies of flowers and chairs. The works chosen for Home and
Away include intimate portraits of her children and father as well as a
suite of twelve floral prints. Home and Away represents the first time an
exhibition has been dedicated to the subject of her family portraits and floral studies.
Manet's "The Railway" on Loan from the National
Gallery of Art, Washington
Through March 2, 2015
The Norton Simon Museum is pleased to announce a special
installation of Édouard Manet’s The Railway, 1873, a highlight
from the National Gallery of Art’s esteemed 19th-century
collection. Evident in this dramatic work are Manet’s
characteristic brushwork, his brilliant use of color and sense
of composition, and his striking portrayal of modern life—
indeed, the scene is set near the bustling Gare Saint-Lazare. Its installation at the Norton Simon
Museum marks the first time the painting has been on view on the West Coast.
Image credits: Zorzo da Castelfranco called Giorgione (Italian, 1477/78-1510), Bust Portrait of a Courtesan, c. 1509, Oil on panel, transferred to canvas, The
Norton Simon Foundation; Ruth Asawa (American, 1926–2013), Aiko, 1965, Lithograph, Norton Simon Museum, Anonymous Gift, 1966, © 2014 Estate of Ruth
Asawa; Édouard Manet, French, 1832–1883, The Railway, 1873, Oil on canvas, Lent by the National Gallery of Art, Gift of Horace Havemeyer in memory of his
mother, Louisine W. Havemeyer, 1956.10.1.
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EVENTS
Unless otherwise stated, all events are free with Museum admission, no reservations are required and
seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Admission is $12 for adults, $9 for seniors and FREE for
members, students with ID and everyone age 18 and under. The first Friday of every month from 5:00
to 8:00 p.m. is FREE for all visitors. For lectures and performances, stickering for ensured seating
starts one hour prior to the event. Members enjoy early seating.
LECTURES
Duveen and the Canon
Nicholas Penny, Director, The National Gallery, London
Saturday, January 10, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Penny explores the taste in all the arts that Joseph Duveen and his firm
promoted with great success over such a long period—a taste eventually
enshrined in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.—and the parallel
development of alternative, modernist values. The lecture looks back to
earlier dealers and decorators and forward to the situation today.
"Europe has a great deal of art, and America has a great deal of money":
Joseph Duveen and the Building of The Huntington Art Collections
Catherine Hess, Chief Curator of European Arts, The Huntington Library,
Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Saturday, February 7, 4:00–5:00 p.m.
Art dealer Joseph Duveen’s observation, included in the title to this lecture,
reveals the simple truth that was the secret to success. By facilitating the
exchange of European art for American money, Duveen became wealthy, Gilded Age patrons
accumulated collections of art, and, when this art found its way into the country’s nascent cultural
institutions, the American art museum was born. Rather than seeking an overarching plan—which
appears to be nonexistent—Hess examines anecdotal data regarding Henry E. Huntington’s purchases
from Duveen to illuminate Huntington’s approach to building what was to become one of the first art
museums in California.
Image credits: Nicholas Penny; Catherine Hess
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FILMS
Hugo (2011)
Saturday, January 25, 11:30 a.m.—1:35 p.m.
Directed by Martin Scorsese | Rated PG
Hugo tells the tale of an orphan boy, Hugo Cabret, living a secret life in the walls of
a Paris train station. When Hugo encounters a broken machine, an eccentric girl
and the cold, reserved man who runs the toy shop, he is caught up in a magical,
mysterious adventure that could put all of his secrets in jeopardy.
La bête humaine (1938)
Friday, February 20, 6:00 p.m.—7:40 p.m.
Directed by Jean Renoir | Not Rated
Based on the classic Émile Zola novel, Jean Renoir’s La bête humaine was one
of the legendary director’s greatest popular successes, and it earned star Jean
Gabin a permanent place in the hearts of his compatriots. Part poetic realism,
part film noir, the film is a hard-boiled and suspenseful journey into the
tormented psyche of a workingman.
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
Friday, March 6, 5:30 p.m.—7:40 p.m.
Directed by Alexander Korda | Not Rated
Set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars of the late eighteenth
century, That Hamilton Woman is a gripping account of the scandalous
affair between Lord Horatio Nelson (Laurence Olivier) and the renowned
beauty Emma, Lady Hamilton (Vivien Leigh), the wife of a British
ambassador. With its grandly designed sea battles and formidable star performances, That Hamilton
Woman brings history to vivid, glamorous life.
A NIGHT IN FOCUS
Manet
Saturday, February 14, 5:00—8:00 p.m.
Join us for an enchanting evening looking at one of the world’s most
fascinating artists, Édouard Manet. The evening begins with an
overview of Manet, with a spotlight on The Railway, on loan from the
National Gallery of Art, Washington, by Associate Curator Emily
Beeny, in the theater. Offered throughout the evening are gallery
talks on Manet and his peers, as well as art-making activities that
allow artists of all ages to create original works of art.
Image credits: Hugo; La bête humaine; That Hamilton Woman; Édouard Manet, French, 1832–1883, The Railway, 1873, Oil on canvas, Lent by the National
Gallery of Art, Gift of Horace Havemeyer in memory of his mother, Louisine W. Havemeyer, 1956.10.1.
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PERFORMANCE
A Musical Portrait of the Venetian Courtesan
Tesserae
Saturday, March 21, 5:00—6:00 p.m.
The courtesan in Renaissance Venice held a unique social position.
Despite a life filled with hardship and danger, she was able to
circumvent many of the patriarchal restrictions on women making
music. A study of courtesan music is therefore a fascinating window
upon the sound world of domestic life in Renaissance Venice. The period-instrument ensemble
Tesserae explores this world, from the performance of "high art" madrigals by Barbara Strozzi and San
Marco maestri Adrian Willeart and Cipriano de Rore, to lively Carnival songs in dialetto. The
performance also includes a re-creation of the lost art of the aria as practiced by the Renaissance
improvisatori and instrumental dance music.
ADULT DRAWING CLASSES
Gesture, Form and Value
Join artist and educator Richard Houston in this six-week course investigating how artists work with
gesture, form and value. All classes are held in the galleries using artworks on view.
Gesture: Animating the Work
Friday, February 6, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Students learn how to analyze and explore gesture
through a series of stepped exercises.
Gesture and Composition
Friday, February 13, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Students explore how gesture can be applied to multifigure compositions.
Form: How to Simplify
Friday, February 20, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
In this class, students see how artists apply the principles of simple geometric shapes to create
convincing three-dimensional images.
Form: How to Capture Character
Friday, February 27, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Working from the Renaissance and Baroque collections, students explore how integrating what
they have learned about both gesture and form produces images that are animated and
possess structural integrity.
Image credit: Tesserae
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Value: The Basics
Friday, March 6, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
In the visual arts, value is the relative amount of light or darkness the
eye perceives. In this session, students discuss and analyze the basics
of light and value and how the understanding of value can be applied
to image making.
Value: Application
Friday, March 20, 6:00–8:00 p.m.
In the final session, students use their knowledge of gesture, form and
value to analyze one or more masterworks in the Museum’s collections.
All levels of experience are welcome. Each class is $20 ($16 for members) and is limited to 20
participants. Materials are provided. Advance registration is required and can be made at
nortonsimon.org/events.
ART-MAKING WORKSHOP
Station to Station
Sunday, February 8, 11:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Join artist Cole Case in exploring the painting technique of alla prima (wet
on wet), which Édouard Manet employed in his famous work The Railway,
on loan from the National Gallery of Art, Washington. Students enjoy the
rare opportunity to see this painting in person alongside the Museum’s
collection of paintings by Manet and other Parisian artists of the late 19th
century who used similar techniques. Inspired by the train-based imagery
of Manet’s painting, students then create a painting of their own with
acrylics on watercolor paper.
The fee of $30 ($24 for members) includes all materials and admission to
the galleries on the day of class. Advance registration is required and can be made at
nortonsimon.org/events.
AFTERNOON SALONS
La Femme Moderne: Images of Women in 19th-Century Art
Sunday, January 11, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Departing from Édouard Manet’s The Railway and passing through Berthe Morisot’s In a Villa at the
Seaside, participants analyze the changes in the representation of women throughout 19th-century art.
Examine the artists’ “modern” dis-articulation of female bodies, including compositional placement,
class markers and thematic context. An understanding of these approaches sheds light on the manner
in which the modern female form transformed during this time into a critical register of new social and
political values and concerns.
Image credit: Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883), The Ragpicker, c. 1865-1870, Oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation
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Modern Art and Life: Gustave Courbet’s Avant-Garde
Representation
Sunday, February 15, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
In the mid-19th century, Gustave Courbet emerged as one
of the most rebellious French artists of his era. The brash
realism of his paintings, reflected in populist content that
illuminated the plight of the French peasantry and
proletariat, matched the brutalism of his paint, which he
frequently applied to the canvas with a palette knife. By
focusing on Courbet’s portraiture, still-life and landscapes, this salon explores the continuity between
his paintings’ brazen materiality and the artist’s unvarnished observation of life.
Embodying the Enlightenment: From Rococo to Neoclassicism
Sunday, March 15, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Just as Mozart represented ideals of the Enlightenment through his music,
works from the Museum’s collection deftly illustrate the intellectual
developments of 18th-century European culture from the artistic patronage
associated with the Rococo period to the political aspirations of Neoclassical
artists. Discuss how works of art involved in the social and economic changes
witnessed throughout the 18th century are embodied by leading artists of the
era, including Fragonard, Chardin, Ingres and Goya.
IN STUDIO
The Art of Tapestry
An Artist’s Demonstration by Marta Rogoyska
Thursdays, January 15, 22 and 29, 2:00–4:00 p.m.
Tapestry has been called “the elegant art.” With true tapestry, the
design is woven by hand into the material, so that it forms an integral
part of the textile. European tapestry involves a combination of
spontaneous design and precise execution: the image is constructed
as opposed to applied. The essence of woven tapestry is the total integration of construction and
image. Join artist/weaver Marta Ragoyska as she demonstrates the art of tapestry. Questions and
comments are encouraged.
Image credits: Gustave Courbet (French, 1819–1877), Stream of the Puits-Noir at Ornans, c. 1867-1868, Oil on canvas, Norton Simon Art Foundation, Gift of Mr.
Norton Simon; Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867), Baron Joseph-Pierre Vialetès de Mortarieu, 1805-1806, Oil on canvas, The Norton Simon
Foundation; The Art of Tapestry by Marta Rogoyska
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GUIDED TOURS
Please note that space is limited to 25 participants. Sign up at the Information Desk no later than
15 minutes prior to the tour.
Highlights of the Collection
Friday, January 2, 6:00–6:45 p.m. and 7:00–7:45 p.m.
Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton Simon’s Purchase of Duveen Brothers Gallery
Saturday, January 3, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Music in Art: Angels to Ruscha
Saturday, January 10, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Tapestries and Textiles
Saturday, January 17, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Courbet and Manet: Setting the Stage for Impressionism
Saturday, January 24, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Highlights of the Collection
Sunday, January 25, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Sightseeing: Images of the City and the Countryside in the 19th Century
Saturday, January 31, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Highlights of the Collection
Friday, February 6, 1, 6:00–6:45 p.m. and 7:00–7:45 p.m.
Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton Simon’s Purchase of Duveen Brothers
Gallery
Saturday, February 7, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
A Woman in Love
Saturday, February 14, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Intimate Interiors: 17th-Century Dutch to Post-Impressionist French Paintings
Saturday, February 21, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Exquisite: Art from the 14th – 16th Centuries
Sunday, February 22, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Image credits: Francesco di Giorgio Martini (Italian, 1439–1501/02), Fidelity, c. 1485, Fresco transferred to canvas, mounted on wood panel, The Norton Simon
Foundation; Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906), Farmhouse and Chestnut Trees at Jas de Bouffan, 1884-1885, Oil on canvas, © Norton Simon Art Foundation
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Representations of the Body in Modern Art
Saturday, February 28, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Norton Simon the Collector
Friday, March 6, 6:00–6:45 p.m. and 7:00–7:45 p.m.
Outdoor Sculpture: An Afternoon in the Garden
Saturday, March 7, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Lock, Stock and Barrel: Norton Simon’s Purchase of Duveen Brothers
Gallery
Saturday, March 14, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
The Great Outdoors
Saturday, March 21, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Social Graces: Manners and Morals in Art
Saturday, March 28, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
Highlights of the Collection
Sunday March 29, 1:00–2:00 p.m.
FAMILY DAYS
Make a Vase
Saturday, January 17, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
From 17th-century Dutch still-life paintings to the 19th-century still-life
paintings of Paul Cézanne and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, flowers have long
been a favorite subject in art. After looking at painted flowers in the
galleries and real ones in the garden, make a vase of your own to fill with
blooms.
Rococo Valentines
Saturday, February 7, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Rococo paintings like Fragonard’s Happy Lovers are known for their
lighthearted romance, exuberant pastel colors and blooming gardens. In
both style and subject, they are perfect for Valentine’s Day. Inspired by
these light and joyful paintings, create a rococo valentine for someone
special.
Image credits: Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973), Woman with Mandolin, 1925, Oil on canvas, Norton Simon Museum, Museum Purchase, © 2014 Estate of
Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Reproduction; Paul Cézanne (French, 1839–1906), Vase of Flowers, 1880–1881, Oil on canvas, The
Norton Simon Foundation; Jean-Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732–1806), Happy Lovers, c. 1760-65, Oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation
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The ABC of It
Saturday, March 28, 1:00–3:00 p.m.
Using the Museum’s children’s book as a guide, tour the galleries and make art projects inspired by the
collection.
Recommended for families with children ages 4–10.
FAMILY ART NIGHTS
Fashionably Dressed Manet
Friday, February 20, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
You can tell a lot about a person by how they are dressed. With this in mind, create costumes inspired
by those in Manet’s The Railway or update their outfits. What do you think the people in this painting
would wear today?
Cool Colors
Friday, March 20, 6:30–7:30 p.m.
Are the cooler temperatures making you feel blue? Look for warm and cool
colors in the Museum’s paintings, including works by Marie-Louise-Elisabeth
Vigée-Lebrun, Georges Lacombe and Vincent van Gogh. Then talk about
warm and cool colors and their effects in paintings before creating a toasty
or chilly composition inspired by your investigations.
Recommended for families with children ages 6–10.
STORIES IN THE AFTERNOON
Tidying Up
Sunday, January 4, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Sunday, January 25, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
If you look carefully, you’ll notice many repeating forms and colors found throughout the paintings in
the Museum. Read a book about sorting through shapes and colors in paintings, and then look at some
shape-filled paintings in the galleries before creating your own arrangement.
Parisian City Scenes
Sunday, February 1, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Nineteenth-century painters like Manet and Renoir focused
on scenes of Parisian daily life in their paintings. Read
about Paris, the city that inspired so many Impressionists,
and then make an Impressionist-inspired city scene of your
own.
Image credits: Vincent van Gogh (Dutch, 1853–1890), Portrait of a Peasant (Patience Escalier), August 1888, Oil on canvas, Norton Simon Art Foundation;
Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841–1919), The Pont des Arts, Paris, 1867–1868, Oil on canvas, The Norton Simon Foundation
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Journey
Sunday, March 8, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 22, 2:00–3:00 p.m.
Sometimes new friends and great adventures are right at the tip of your crayon. Read a story about a
girl who makes her own adventure with the help of a single red crayon, and then draw your own unique
journey.
Recommended for families with children ages 4–8.
YOUNG ARTISTS’ WORKSHOP
Musical Masterpieces
Saturday, January 24, 12:30–2:30 p.m.
Explore line and movement while looking at paintings inspired by
music, with help from artist Mariko Tu. Participants first look at
musically influenced art in the galleries, then explore line with a
movement activity, and finally create their very own watercolor
paintings while listening to music for inspiration.
Recommended for children ages 8–12.
The course is free, and space is limited to 20 participants. All materials are provided. Advance
registration is required and can be made at nortonsimon.org/events.
TEEN ARTS ACADEMY
A Personal Portrait
Saturday, February 21, 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Sunday, February 22, 1:00–3:30 p.m.
Drawing inspiration from Van Gogh’s Portrait of the Artist’s Mother, learn
about the art of portraiture and emotional expression in art making with
artist Melissa Manfull. Using a variety of materials, such as gouache and
oil pastels, explore how color and mark-making can impact the viewer’s
emotional response to a portrait. Bring in a photograph of a loved one,
either a family member or a friend, and learn how to transform the
photographic image into a painted portrait that depicts the relationship
between artist and chosen subject.
Recommended for youth ages 13–18.
The two-day course is free, and space is limited to 18 participants. All materials are provided. Advance
registration is required and can be made at nortonsimon.org/events.
Image credits: Georges Braque (French, 1882–1963), Still Life with Musical Instruments, 1918, Oil on canvas, Norton Simon Art Foundation, © 2014 Artists
Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris Reproduction; Teen Arts Academy student, photo by Ramona Trent
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GENERAL INFORMATION
LOCATION:
411 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, California 91105
Located on the corner of Orange Grove and Colorado Boulevards at the
intersection of the Foothill 210 and Ventura 134 freeways. Parking is free.
HOURS:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 12:00–5:00 p.m.
Friday, Saturday: 11:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Tuesday: Closed
ADMISSION:
$12.00 for adults; $9.00 for seniors; free for Museum members, students with
ID, and patrons 18 and under. The first Friday of every month from 5:00 p.m.
to 8:00 p.m. is free for all visitors.
CONTACT:
Call (626) 449-6840 or visit www.nortonsimon.org.
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