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b. 1915 - d. 1998

James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Oct. 18, 2024

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • James "Jim" Harmon, American (1915-1998)
      Jun. 21, 2024

      James "Jim" Harmon, American (1915-1998)

      Est: $100 - $200

      James "Jim" Harmon American, (1915-1998) James Harmon was the founder of Art Mart, a well-known art supply store of St. Louis. framed, frame size 28 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches, signed lower right, dated '82.

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Feb. 16, 2024

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Jun. 09, 2023

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      Dec. 16, 2022

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $200 - $400

      James "Jim" Harmon American, 1915-1998 Untitled, 1970 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right. Abstract composition of green and yellow; thin, painted wooden frame. About the Artist: James Harmon was artist, art instructor, businessman, and the founder of Art Mart, the well-known art supply store.

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      Dec. 16, 2022

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $200 - $500

      James "Jim" Harmon American (Missouri), 1915-1998 Untitled, 1970 Oil on canvas Signed and dated lower right. Abstract composition dominated by blue and yellow; thin, painted wooden frame. About the Artist: About the Artist: James Harmon was artist, art instructor, businessman, and the founder of Art Mart, the well-known art supply store.

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Oct. 14, 2022

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      May. 14, 2022

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $200 - $500

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998) Acrylic on canvas, signed and dated 1969 lower right. Abstract, warm-toned color block panels, painted wooden frame. About the Artist: James Harmon was artist, art instructor, businessman, and the founder of Art Mart, a well-known art supply store. 33" height, 40" width

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      May. 14, 2022

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $200 - $400

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998) Oil on canvas, dated 1970. Abstract composition of green and yellow. About the Artist: James Harmon was artist, art instructor, businessman, and the founder of Art Mart, a well-known art supply store. 21.5" height, 41" width

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      May. 14, 2022

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $200 - $500

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998) Oil on canvas, signed and dated 1970 lower right. Abstract composition dominated by blue and yellow. Thin, painted wooden frame. About the Artist: About the Artist: James Harmon was artist, art instructor, businessman, and the founder of Art Mart, a well-known art supply store. 25" height, 40.8" width

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Dec. 17, 2021

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)
      Dec. 11, 2021

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998)

      Est: $150 - $350

      JAMES "JIM" HARMON (AMERICAN, 1915-1998) Oil on canvas, signed to lower left and dated '69. Abstract, warm-toned panels on a monochromatic ground, painted wooden frame. About the Artist: James Harmon was the founder of Art Mart, a well-known art supply store of St. Louis. Sight: 31.5" height, 45.75" width; frame: 33.5" height, 48" width

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Feb. 05, 2021

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      May. 02, 2020

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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    • James "Jim" W. Harmon (American/Kentucky)
      Sep. 15, 2019

      James "Jim" W. Harmon (American/Kentucky)

      Est: $200 - $300

      James "Jim" W. Harmon (American/Kentucky, 1915-1998) , "Harbor Scenes", 1983, 2 watercolors on paper, both signed and dated lower right, each 9 in. x 12 1/8 in., framed alike. (2 pcs.)

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    • James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo
      Jun. 01, 2019

      James W. Harmon (1915-1998) American / Jimmy Savo

      Est: $800 - $1,000

      Jimmy Savo (1892-1960) Vincenzo Rocco Sava ; portrait of Jimmy Savo - was an American Vaudeville, Broadway, nightclub, film and television performer, comedian, juggler, and mime artist. oil on canvas / unframed ; 1951 ; dimensions 54 x 79 cm (21 1/4 x 31 in.) ; signed and dated lower left ; exhibition label on verso ; Shipping to USA - DHL $250 , National post with tracking service $120 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $150 , National post with tracking service $65 artists - James W. Harmon, a former artist, art teacher and businessman here who founded the Art Mart art supply stores, died Thursday (Nov. 26, 1998) at a hospital in Arlington, Va., of complications from heart and lung disease. He was 83 and had lived in Arlington since 1996. He lived for many years in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and in San Antonio. Mr. Harmon, formerly of Ladue, was born in a small mining town in Kentucky and reared in Alton. He graduated with a triple major in art, English and education from what is now Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau. He earned a master's degree in art from the University of Iowa in Iowa City. In the early 1940s, he started teaching art at University City High School. In 1952, he began his career at Horton Watkins High School in Ladue, where he helped to start the art department. He had also taught privately at Washington University. He also restored and evaluated art work. He was a gourmet cook and traveled extensively throughout the world. His works have been exhibited in Europe as well as in this country and are owned by public and private collectors and institutions. While teaching at the high school, he and his former wife, Alice C. Harmon, owned and operated Art Mart Inc., which sold an extensive array of art supplies as well as other art-related materials. It included an international gift shop. The first store, on Meramec Avenue in Clayton, housed the Harmon Gallery of Fine Art. The Art Mart became an international center for teaching art as well as a popular meeting place for artists, collectors, dealers and architects. Subsequently, four other stores were opened in St. Louis County and one in Columbia, Mo. - each with an art gallery. He resigned from teaching at the high school in 1969; in the early 1980s, he sold the stores and retired. [published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Dec 4, 1998

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