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Louise Bourgeois Biography
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1911 |
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Born in Paris, France
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1932 - 1935 |
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Studies at the Sorbonne, Paris, France
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1936 - 1937 |
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Studies at the École du Louvre, Paris, France
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1936 - 1938 |
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Studies at the École des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1937 - 1938 |
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Pupil of Fernand Léger
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1938 |
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Emigrates to the USA, New York
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1980 |
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Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual Arts from Women’s Caucus for Art
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1981 |
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Elected Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston, MA
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1983 |
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Elected Member of American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NY
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1983 |
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Named Officier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, by Jack Lang, French Minister of Culture
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1987 |
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Gold Medal of Honor for Excellence in Art, National Arts Club, New York
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1987 |
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Named Fellow for Life at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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1989 |
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“Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement”, College Art Association
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1989 |
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“Neptune Award for the Arts”, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
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1991 |
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Lifetime Achievement Award, International Sculpture Center, Washington D.C. (first recipient)
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1991 |
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Awarded the Grand Prix National de Sculpture by the French Ministry of Culture
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1993 |
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Mayor’s Awards for Art & Culture, New York City
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1995 |
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The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo and The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa-ken, Japan, 1995 Biennial Award and Purchase prize for ARCH OF HYSTERIA
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1997 |
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National Medal of Arts presented by President Clinton at the White House
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1998 |
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Academician of the National Academy, New York, Sculpture Class
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1999 |
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Awarded the Golden Lion, for a living master of contemporary art, by La Biennale di Venezia
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1999 |
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Praemium Imperiale Award in the sculpture category from the Japan Art Association
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2003 |
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2002/3 Wolf Prize in the Arts (Painting and Sculpture), Wolf Foundation, Israel
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2006 |
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National Organization For Women, Washington D.C. “The 2006 Intrepid Award”
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy “Louise Bourgeois” (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA “Bourgeois in Boston” (solo)
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2007 - 2008
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Barbican Centre, London, England “Seduced: Art and Sex from Antiquity to Now”
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2007 - 2008
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Tate Modern, 'Louise Bourgeois: Retrospective', London/GB, traveling to Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. (solo)
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2007
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Xavier Hufkens Gallery, Brussels, Belgium “Richard Artschwager, Louise Bourgeois, Roni Horn, Raymond Pettibon”
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2007
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Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY “After the Revolution: Woman Who Transformed Contemporary Art”
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2007
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The WANAS Foundation, Knislinge, Sweden “Louise Bourgeois, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Jan Svenungsson”
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2007
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Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy “52nd International Art Exhibition”
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2007
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Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY "All the More Real"
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2007
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Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea “Louise Bourgeois: Abstraction” (solo)
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2007
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Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY “Louise Bourgeois” (solo)
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2007
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Akademie Der Kunste, Berlin-Mitte, Germany "Space: Places of Art"
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2007
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Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL “30th Anniversary Exhibition, Decades 1980-1990”
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2007
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles "Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution". Traveled to the National Women's Museum, Washington D.C.; PS1, New York, NY
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2007
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Sean Kelly, New York, NY "Pure"
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2007
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La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy “Timer: Intimacy”
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2007
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France "Airs de Paris"
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2006
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Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 'Louise Bourgeois', Bielefeld/D (solo)
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2005
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Hauser & Wirth London, 'Sublimation', London GB (solo)
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2005
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Museum of Contemporary Art, 'Stitches in Time', North Miami FL (solo)
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2005
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Wifredo Lam Centre, Havana CU (solo)
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2005
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La Biennale di Venezia, 51st International Art Exhibition, Venice IT
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2005
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Istanbul Modern,'Permanent Instability, Istanbul TR
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2004
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Fundació Joan Miro, 'La Femme: Métamorphose de la modernité', Barcelona ESP
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2004
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Site Santa Fe's 5th International Biennal, 'Disparities and Deformations, Santa Fe NM
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2004
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Daros Collection, 'Louise Bourgeois', Zürich/CH (solo)
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2003
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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 'Louise Bourgeois', cur. Julie Sylvester Cabot, Humlebaek/DK (solo)
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2003
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Dia Center for the Arts, 'Louise Bourgeois. Installation at Inauguration of Dia: Beacon', New York NY (solo)
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2003
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, 'Louise Bourgeois. The Insomnia Drawings', New York NY (solo)
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2003
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Mori Art Museum, 'Happiness. A Survival Guide for Art and Life', Tokyo/J
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2003
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Musée National d’art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, 'Louise Bourgeois and James Lee Byars', Paris/F
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2002
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'documenta XI', Kassel/D
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2002
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Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, 'The House of Fiction', St. Gallen/CH
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2002
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Tate Modern, 'Surrealism. Desire Unbound', London [traveled to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY
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2002
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Galerie Hauser & Wirth, 'Louise Bourgeois. Works in Marble', Zurich/CH (solo)
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2002
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Palais de Tokyo, 'Louise Bourgeois. Le Jour La Nuit Le Jour [film and sound installation]', Paris/F (solo)
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2001
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 'Louise Bourgeois', Bilbao/E (solo)
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2001
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The State Hermitage Museum, 'Louise Bourgeois', cur. Julie Sylvester Cabot, St. Petersburg/RUS (solo)
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2001
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Brooklyn Museum of Art, 'Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960', New York
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2001
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 'Rodin to Baselitz. The Torso in Modern Sculpture', Stuttgart/D
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2000
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12th Biennale of Sidney, ‘Agents of Change‘, cur. Harald Szeemann, Fumio Nanjo [et al.], Sidney/AUS
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2000
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Tate Modern, ‘Louise Bourgeois‘ [retroscpective and installation], London/GB (solo)
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2000
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Galerie Hauer & Wirth, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Neue Arbeiten/Recent Works‘, Zurich/CH (solo)
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1999
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Museo Nacional, Centro de Arte Reina Sofìa, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Memoria y arquitectura‘, Madrid/ E (solo)
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1999
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Kunsthalle Bielefeld, ‘Louise Bourgeois‘, Bielefeld/D (solo)
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1999
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘The American Century. Art & Culture. 1950-2000‘, New York NY
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1999
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Hirshhorn Museum/Sculpture Garden, ‘Regarding Beauty. A View of the Late 20th Century‘, Washington DC
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1999
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XLVIII Esposizione Internazionale d’arte, Biennale di Venezia, 'dAPERTutto', Venice/I
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1999
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SITE, 'Looking for a Place. The third International SITE Santa Fe Biennial', Santa Fe NM
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1998
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, ‘Mirror Images. Women, Surrealism and Self-Representation‘, San Francisco CA
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1998
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Moderna Museet, ‘Wounds. Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art‘, Stockholm/S
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1998
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XXIV Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo/BR
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1998
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Serpentine Gallery, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Recent Work‘, London/GB (solo)
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1998
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The Art Gallery of Ontario, ‘Past Tense. Louise Bourgeois‘, Toronto/CDN (solo)
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1998
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, ‘Louise Bourgeois: Topiary‘, New York NY (solo)
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1996
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Deichtorhallen, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Der Ort des Gedächtnisses Skulpturen, Environments und Zeichnungen. 1946-1995‘, Hamburg/D (solo)
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1996
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Galerie Hauser & Wirth, ‘Red Room‘, Zurich/CH (solo)
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1995
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Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris, ‘Louise Bourgeois. Sculptures, environnements, dessins. 1938-1995‘, Paris/F (solo)
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