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Kitchen Chair

1965 100 cm x 80 cm Catalogue Raisonné: 97

Oil on canvas

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The painting Kitchen Chair depicts a simple wooden chair stood in front of a light-coloured wall. The dark floor contrasts against the wall, upon which a strong light from the right-hand side casts the chair's shadow.

Kitchen Chair is the first of three paintings Richter produced in 1965 depicting chairs [CR: 97–99]. The source photograph of the painting was taken by Richter himself: "This was a chair I owned and photographed. It was part of my search for banal objects – the chair itself, the table, the toilet roll. Although the great majority of the photo-paintings are based on photos which came from outside sources, this was one I took myself."¹

The original square-format photograph (included in Atlas [Sheet: 11], Richter's collection of source images) shows that the chair is located next to a door, a details that Richter omitted in the painting. Whereas in the source image the chair is lit by a beam of light, contrasting against its dark surroundings, in the painting the light colours of the wall dominate.

The painting Kitchen Chair joins other early works by the artist that take banal everyday objects as subjects, in the tradition of Pop Art. Painting after models, as Richter does in Folding Dryer [CR: 4], Toilet Paper [CR: 75/1-3] and Small Chair [CR: 99], restricts the artist's creative process and therefore moves the focus onto the painterly quality of the pictures.

¹ Comments on some works, 1991 in: Gerhard Richter: Text. Writings, Interviews and Letters 1961–2007, Thames & Hudson, London, 2009, p.261/262.

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Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany

This artwork is based on an image included in Atlas:

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Newspaper photos 1963-1966 Atlas Sheet: 11

This Atlas sheet includes the source images of the following works:

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This artwork was shown in the following exhibitions:

Vija Celmins | Gerhard Richter. Double Vision Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany 12 May 2023 – 27 August 2023

Gerhard Richter: Painting After All The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 04 March 2020 – 05 July 2020

Gerhard Richter: Over Schilderen Gerhard Richter: About Painting Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium 21 October 2017 – 18 February 2018

Gerhard Richter Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery), Prague, Czech Republic 26 April 2017 – 03 September 2017

Kunstpreis „Junger Westen“ 1948 bis 2011: Die Preisträger. Werke aus der Sammlung der Kunsthalle Recklinghausen Art Prize “Junger Westen” 1948 to 2011: The Awardees – Pieces from the Collection of the Kunsthalle Recklinghausen Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany 11 November 2012 – 27 January 2013

Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany 05 February 2011 – 15 May 2011

La Sombra Shadows Fundación Caja Madrid, Madrid, Spain 10 February 2009 – 17 May 2009

Gerhard Richter: Billede efter billede Gerhard Richter: Image after Image Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark 04 February 2005 – 29 May 2005

Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA 27 February 2003 – 18 May 2003

Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, USA 11 October 2002 – 14 January 2003

Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA 14 June 2002 – 14 September 2002

Gerhard Richter: 40 Years of Painting The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York, USA 14 February 2002 – 20 May 2002

Gerhard Richter Tate Gallery, London, UK 30 October 1991 – 12 January 1992

First Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art: A New Necessity Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK 18 May 1990 – 21 October 1990

Gerhard Richter: Paintings San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), San Francisco, USA 15 March 1989 – 28 May 1989

Gerhard Richter: Paintings Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C., USA 14 December 1988 – 12 February 1989

Gerhard Richter: Paintings Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA 17 September 1988 – 27 November 1988

Gerhard Richter: Paintings Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto, Canada 29 April 1988 – 10 July 1988

Gerhard Richter. Bilder 1962–1985 Gerhard Richter: Paintings 1962–1985 Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 25 April 1986 – 01 June 1986

Gerhard Richter. Bilder 1962–1985 Gerhard Richter: Paintings 1962–1985 Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany 18 January 1986 – 23 March 1986

Dinge des Menschen Things of Humanity Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany 03 May 1985 – 17 June 1985

Skulpturen und Objekte aus 5 Jahrhunderten Sculptures and Objects from 5 Centuries Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany 06 February 1983 – 10 April 1983

Gerhard Richter. Abstrakte Bilder 1976 bis 1981 Gerhard Richter: Abstract Paintings 1976 to 1981 Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany 10 January 1982 – 21 February 1982

Forms of Realism Today Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada 07 June 1980 – 20 July 1980

Forms of Realism Today Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada 25 April 1980 – 30 May 1980

Forms of Realism Today Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH), Hamilton, Canada 14 March 1980 – 13 April 1980

Forms of Realism Today Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Canada 17 January 1980 – 02 March 1980

Biennale de Paris. Une Anthologie 1959–1967 Paris Biennale: An Anthology 1959–1967 Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, Paris, France 13 June 1977 – 02 October 1977

Third Triennale India: Principally White – Six German Painters Lalit Kala Akademi, National Academy of Art, New Delhi, India 08 February 1975 – 21 March 1975

40 Deutsche unter 40. Zeitgenössische Kunst in Deutschland 40 Germans under 40: Contemporary Art in Germany Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany 08 March 1970 – 12 April 1970

40 tyske under 40 40 Germans under 40 Bergens Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway 01 February 1969 – 01 March 1969

20 Jahre Kunstpreis Junger Westen der Stadt Recklinghausen 20 Years Junger Westen Art Prize of Recklinghausen Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany 09 March 1968 – 21 April 1968

V. Biennale Paris. Die jungen Deutschen 5th Paris Biennale: The Young Germans Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany 21 January 1968 – 25 February 1968

V° Biennale de Paris 5th Paris Biennale Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France 28 September 1967 – 03 November 1967

128. Frühjahrsausstellung im Kunstverein Hannover 128th Spring Exhibition at the Kunstverein Hannover Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany 02 April 1967 – 07 May 1967

Kunstpreis Junger Westen 67 Junger Westen Art Prize 67 Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany 28 January 1967 – 12 March 1967

Polke / Richter Galerie h, Hanover, Germany 01 March 1966 – 26 March 1966

Tendenzen Tendencies Städtisches Museum Trier, Trier, Germany 24 October 1965 – 28 November 1965

40 tyske under 40 40 Germans under 40 Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway 01 June 1969 – 30 November -0001

40 tyske under 40 40 Germans under 40 Stavanger Kunstforening, Stavanger, Norway 01 January 1969 – 30 November -0001

40 tyske under 40 40 Germans under 40 Trondhjems Kunstforening, Trondheim, Norway 01 April 1969 – 30 November -0001

This artwork is included in the following publications:

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Author

Date

Issue	01 January 2017
Publisher	Hirmer Verlag, München
Editor	Schreier, Christoph / Kunstmuseum Bonn
Details	Softcover, 128 pages
ISBN	9783777428970
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 114

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Über Malen / Frühe Bilder

2017

Issue	01 January 2017
Publisher	The National Gallery in Prague, Prague
Details	Softcover, 205 pages
ISBN	9788070356463
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 56 Illustrated: p. 57 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter, Národní galerie v Praze (National Gallery), Prague, Czech Republic, 2017

Gerhard Richter

Elger, Dietmar / Fajt, Jiří

2017

Issue	01 January 2014
Publisher	Distanz, Berlin
Details	Hardback, 207 pages
ISBN	9783954760619
Language	German
Category	Monographs
Notes
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 29

This monograph was published on the occasion of the following exhibition: Erika Kiffl - Von Ai Weiwei bis Gerhard Richter.

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Erika Kiffl. Fotografie 1964-2014

Bachér, Ingrid / Buschmann, Renate / Elger, Dietmar / Fleck, Robert / Jansen, Gregor / Lohe, Hans-Georg / Mattern, Jutta / Merten, Ulrike / Sondermann, Vanessa / Stecker, Raimund / Wiese, Stephan von / Wismer, Beat

2014

Issue	01 January 2012
Publisher	Kerber, Bielefeld
Details	Hardback, 144 pages
ISBN	9783866786868
Language	German
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 15, 72 Illustrated: p. 14 (colour)

Exhibitions

Emergence of Realism: The New Reality in Painting after '68, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany, 2012

Aufbruch Realismus. Die neue Wirklichkeit im Bild nach '68

Gundel, Marc / Eiber, Christina / Eiermann, Wolf / Fleischer, Martina / Gniffke, Vera / Keil, Robert

2012

Issue	01 January 2011
Publisher	Hirmer Publishers, Munich copublished by Heni Publishing, London and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, NY and Paris
Details	Hardback, 214 pages
ISBN	9783777450018
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 208 Illustrated: p. 117, 194 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany, 2011

Gerhard Richter. Images of an Era was published on the occasion of the exhibition at Bucerius Kunstforum in Hamburg in 2011. Both the exhibition and the catalogue focus on Richter’s paintings of the 1960s

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Gerhard Richter. Images of an Era

Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud

2011

Issue	01 January 2011
Publisher	Tate Publishing, London
Details	Softcover, 288 pages
ISBN	1854379453
ISBN	978-1854379450
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 38, 41, 248

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Panorama: A Retrospective

Godfrey, Mark / Serota, Nicholas / Brill, Dorothée / Morineau, Camille / Borchardt-Hume, Achim / Dickson, Amy / Haidu, Rachel / Mehring, Christine

2011

Issue	01 January 2011
Publisher	Hirmer Verlag, München
Details	Hardback, 214 pages
ISBN	9783777434513
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 194, 208 Illustrated: p. 117, 194 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Images of an Era, Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg, Germany, 2011

Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche was published on the occasion of the exhibition at Bucerius Kunstforum in Hamburg in 2011. Both the exhibition and the catalogue focus on Richter’s paintings of the 1960s

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Gerhard Richter. Bilder einer Epoche

Schneede, Uwe M. / Butin, Hubertus / Elger, Dietmar / Rübel, Dietmar / Westheider, Ortrud

2011

Issue	01 January 2009
Publisher	University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL
Details	Hardback, 408 pages
ISBN	9780226203232
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 99, 117, 126, 363

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter. A Life in Painting

Elger, Dietmar

2009

Issue	01 January 2008
Publisher	DuMont, Köln
Details	Hardback, 88 pages
ISBN	3832190511
Language	German
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 12

Inside the Studio. Erika Kiffl fotografiert Gerhard Richter presents two photographical series that show Richter in his studio. In 1967 a first series was taken in his studio Fürstenwall in Düsseldorf

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Inside the Studio. Erika Kiffl fotografiert Gerhard Richter

Kiffl, Erika / Buschmann, Renate / Marzona, Daniel / Elger, Dietmar / Mai, Ekkehard

2008

Issue	01 January 2008
Publisher	DuMont, Köln
Details	Softcover, 415 pages
ISBN	9783832190651
Language	German
Category	Monographs
Notes	Corrected and extended new edition.
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 63, 119, 147 Discussed: pp. 144

Gerhard Richter has been widely regarded as a publicity shy artist. However, the biography Gerhard Richter, Maler gives an insight into Richter’s personal history as well as into the development of his artistic œuvre.

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Gerhard Richter, Maler

Elger, Dietmar

2008

Issue	01 January 2004
Publisher	Thames & Hudson, London
Details	Softcover, 304 pages
ISBN	9780500284711
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 47

New Art in the 60s and 70s: Redefining Reality

Anne Rorimer

2004

Issue	01 January 2003
Publisher	The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Details	Softcover, 336 pages
ISBN	0870703552
Language	English
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 44, 53, 61 Illustrated: p. 22 (b/w)

Gerhard Richter is widely recognized as one of the most significant painters working today, and he is certainly among the most influential. He has worked in a wide range of media since the early 1960s,

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Gerhard Richter. Doubt and Belief in Painting

Storr, Robert

2003

Issue	01 January 2002
Publisher	The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Details	Hardback Softcover, 340 pages
ISBN	189102437X
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 29, 37, 42 Illustrated: p. 114 (colour)

Exhibitions

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Gerhard Richter. 40 Years of Painting at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, this publication represents a broad range of Gerhard Richter's paintings of the last 40 years.

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Gerhard Richter. Forty Years of Painting

Storr, Robert

2002

Issue	01 January 2002
Publisher	DuMont, Köln
Details	Hardback, 420 pages
ISBN	9783832158484
Language	German
Category	Monographs
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 66, 158, 163

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Gerhard Richter, Maler

Elger, Dietmar

2002

Issue	01 January 2002
Publisher	Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern-Ruit
Details	Hardback, 340 pages
ISBN	9783775711692
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 27, 34, 40 Illustrated: p. 114 (colour)

Exhibitions

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Gerhard Richter. Malerei

Storr, Robert

2002

Issue	01 January 1991
Publisher	Tate Publishing, London
Details	144 pages
ISBN	9781854370846
Language	English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 12, 126 Illustrated: p. 48 (colour)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter, Tate Gallery, London, UK, 1991

Gerhard Richter

Rainbird, Sean / Severne, Judith

1991

Issue	01 January 1990
Publisher	Tyne International, Newcastle upon Tyne
Details	Softcover, 136 pages
ISBN	0951605704
Language	English
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Illustrated: p. 28 (b/w)

Exhibitions

First Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art: A New Necessity, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK, 1990

A New Necessity. First Tyne International was published on the occasion of the eponymous exhibition in Newcastle upon Tyne.

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A New Necessity. First Tyne International Exhibition of Contemporary Art

McGonagle, Declan / McEvilley, Thomas / Herbert, Simon / Bird, Jon

1990

Issue	01 January 1989
Publisher	Verlag Fred Jahn, München
Details	Hardback, 236 pages
Language	German
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 17

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter: Atlas

Zweite, Armin

1989

Issue	01 January 1989
Publisher	Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Details	Softcover, 166 pages
ISBN	9069180464
Language	Dutch English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 20, 21 Illustrated: p. 20 (b/w)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter 1988/89, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1989

Gerhard Richter 1988/89

Schampers, Karel / Tilroe, Anna / Buchloh, Benjamin H. D.

1989

Issue	01 January 1986
Publisher	DuMont, Köln
Details	Softcover, 402 pages
ISBN	3770117727
Language	German English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 25, 26, 32, 33, 364 Illustrated: p. 43 (b/w)

Exhibitions

Gerhard Richter. Bilder = Paintings 1962 - 1985

Harten, Jürgen / Hering, Karl-Heinz / Honisch, Dieter / Loock, Ulrich / Ronte, Dieter / Elger, Dietmar

1986

Issue	01 January 1980
Publisher	The Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Details	Softcover, 164 pages
Language	English French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork

Exhibitions

Forms of Realism Today, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada, 1980

Forms of Realism Today. Federal Republic of Germany = Formes du Réalisme aujourd'hui. République Fédérale d'Allemagne

Grochowiak, Thomas

1980

Issue	01 January 1980
Publisher	Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary
Details	Softcover, 164 pages
Language	English French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork

Exhibitions

Forms of Realism Today, Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, 1980

Forms of Realism Today. Federal Republic of Germany = Formes du Réalisme aujourd'hui. République Fédérale d'Allemagne

Grochowiak, Thomas

1980

Issue	01 January 1977
Publisher	Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, Paris
Details	Softcover, 104 pages
Language	French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork

Exhibitions

Paris Biennale: An Anthology 1959–1967, Fondation nationale des arts graphiques et plastiques, Paris, France, 1977

Biennale de Paris. Une anthologie, 1959-1967

Boudaille, Georges / Millet, Catherine / Faucheux, Pierre

1977

Issue	01 January 1972
Publisher	Museum Folkwang, Essen
Details	Hardback, 154 pages
Language	Italian German English
Category	Solo Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 14, 38 Illustrated: p. 48 (b/w)

Exhibitions

36th Venice Biennale, German Pavilion, Venice, Italy, 1972

Gerhard Richter. 36. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione tedesco = 36. Biennale in Venedig, Deutscher Pavilion = 36. Biennale in Venice, German Pavilion

Honisch, Dieter / Helms, Dietrich / Honnef, Klaus / Ohff, Heinz / Dienst, Rolf Gunther / Schön, Rolf / Polke, Sigmar

1972

Issue	01 January 1970
Publisher	Bongers, Recklinghausen
Details	Softcover, 140 pages
Language	German Danish Norwegian
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork

Exhibitions

40 Germans under 40: Contemporary Art in Germany, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 1970

40 tyske under 40 = 40 Deutsche unter 40

Schröder, Anneliese / Grochowiak, Thomas

1970

Issue	01 January 1968
Publisher	Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Details	Softcover, 41 pages
Language	German
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork

Exhibitions

5th Paris Biennale: The Young Germans, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1968

V. Biennale Paris. Die jungen Deutschen

Grochowiak, Thomas

1968

Issue	01 January 1968
Publisher	Städtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen
Details	Softcover, 48 pages
Language	German
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 48 Illustrated: p. 40 (b/w)

Exhibitions

20 Years Junger Westen Art Prize of Recklinghausen, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Recklinghausen, Germany, 1968

20 Jahre Kunstpreis junger Westen der Stadt Recklinghausen

Grochowiak, Thomas

1968

Issue	01 January 1967
Publisher	Bongers, Recklinghausen
Details	Softcover, 40 pages
Language	German French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 5

Exhibitions

5th Paris Biennale, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France, 1967

Cinquiéme Biennale de Paris. République Fédéralre Allemande

Grochowiak, Thomas

1967

Issue	01 January 1967
Publisher	Musée d'Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, Paris
Details	Softcover, 290 pages
Language	French
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. 27

Exhibitions

5th Paris Biennale, Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France, 1967

5. Biennale de Paris. Manifestation Biennale et Internationle des Jeunes Artistes

Moulin, Raoul-Jean

1967

Issue	01 January 1965
Publisher	Städtisches Museum, Trier
Details	Softcover, 4 pages
Language	German
Category	Group Exhibitions
Artwork	Mentioned: pp. inside back cover

Exhibitions

Tendencies, Städtisches Museum Trier, Trier, Germany, 1965

Tendenzen

1965

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