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I SEE/I THINK/I WONDER [GRADES 9–12 APPENDIX A]

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PICASSO: MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSÉE NATIONAL , CURRICULUM GUIDE | de Young Fine Arts Museum THE LIFE OF PICASSO [GRADES 9–12 APPENDIX B]

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. —

With an artistic career spanning eight decades, it is no surprise that Picasso has become one of the most !"#$%"&!'()'"*)+%((,-".+")'/&!0&0).1)2!0)&!3%4)52!(%)6!7'00.80)'/&)9'/!%*)+!*%(:)!")0&:(%).9%/)&2%):%'/0;)!&)+'0) always directly linked to the people, places, and current events in his life. Frequently his styles are broken *.+")!"&.)*!0&!"7&)<%/!.*04)=%(.+):.$)+!(()>"*)')?/!%1)?!.@/'<2:).1)&2%)'/&!0&;)02.+!"@)A$0&)2.+)3$72)2!0) environment and private life affected his artistic output. This rough outline highlights shifts in his artistic style. Yet, as you will see in the exhibition, he never completely abandoned any mode of expression, using many styles throughout his life.

!" Pablo Picasso was born October 25, 1881, in Malaga, Spain. !" His father was an academic painter and an art professor in . !" Picasso studied at a young age to paint in the academic tradition of using great technical skill to mimic reality

BLUE PERIOD (1901–1904)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" In 1900, at age 19, Picasso attended the World’s Fair in !" Picasso’s canvases lacked bright colors and had a palette Paris. He would move back and forth between Spain and of mostly blues. Paris until 1904, when he moved to Paris permanently. !" He depicted marginalized people and outcasts of !" !"#$%&'#$(#)*+,$)#-&&.$/#0-1$-23#)$3"#$4'*5*,#$+2$"*4$ society, such as beggars and prostitutes. close friend and fellow artist in 1901. !" Paintings had a very somber mood.

ROSE PERIOD (1904–1906)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" Picasso spent a summer in Gósol, a Catalan village, !" Picasso’s canvases used a palette of mostly pinks 6"*5"$6-4$)#7#53#,$*1$4+8#$+2$3"#$-)3$+2$3"#$3*8#9$ and oranges. A village dominated by red hues, this may be where Picasso found inspiration for his palette. !" Picasso painted street performers and other marginalized people, such as circus entertainers, !" Picasso lived up the street from the Medrano Circus, acrobats, clowns, and harlequins which served as inspiration for his subject matter.

!" Picasso fell in love with in 1904. She 6-4$3"#$:)43$0)#-3$&+;#$+2$"*4$&*2#$-1,$4"#$+23#1$-<<#-)4$*1$ work created during their seven-year affair, which ended in September 1911.

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AFRICAN ART INFLUENCE/CUBIST PERIOD (1907–1915)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" In 1907 Picasso visited the Ethographic Museum of the !" Picasso began to incorporate African sculpture into his !)+5-,=)+>$(-)*4>$6"#)#$"#$,*45+;#)#,$3"#$-)3$+2$?2)*5-$ -)3>$4<#5*:5-&&.$8-4B49$C-5#4$/#5-8#$7-33#)$-1,$2-5*-&$ -1,$@5#-1*-9$A#$*4$"#-;*&.$*17'#15#,$/.$6"-3$"#$4##49 features more geometric.

!" Picasso began to collect African art. !" From 1907–1915, especially from 1909–1914, Picasso worked closely with fellow artist Georges Braque to !" From 1907–1915, especially from 1909–1914, Picasso 5)#-3#$-$1#6$43.&#$5-&&#,$D'/*489$!"*4$43.&#$5"-& #,$ worked closely with fellow artist Braque to create traditional representations of objects in space. . !" Cubism breaks objects down and reassembles them !" Braque and Picasso played off one another’s ideas, each from numerous points of view through space and time. *17'#15*10$3"#$+3"#)$3+$3-B#$3"#$43.&#$3+$1#6$<&-5#49$ If you were to take a picture of something from different viewpoints (top, bottom, side, etc.) and combine the !" Picasso fell in love with Eva Gouel and planned to marry views into one image, it would be Cubist. her; however, she became ill and died in 1915. Picasso incorporated her name into his Cubist works. !" Picasso and Braque stopped signing their works at this time because they liked the idea that their works were indistinguishable.

!" !"#$-)3*434$-&4+$'4#,$1#6$8-3#)*-&4$*1$3"#*)$-)3$3+$5)#-3#$ collages and assemblages.

NEOCLASSICISM AND LIFE WITH OLGA (1917–1924)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" In 1917, Picasso designed the set for a new ballet, !" In 1917 Picasso designed the set for a new . He fell in love with one of the ballerinas, Olga ballet, Parade. Khokhlova, and married her the following year. !" After marrying , Picasso moves !" !+0#3"#)>$3"#.$8+;#,$*13+$-$1*5#$-<-)38#13$-1,$/#0*1$ to a much more conservative style than Cubism, to live a bourgeois, middle-class lifestyle, very different E#+5&-44*5*48>$*17'#15#,$/.$-)3*434$4'5"$-4$F10)#49$ from the life Picasso had been living before this. It was a much more stable, conservative lifestyle for him. !" Neoclassicism was a more traditional art style that looked to classical Western art, such as that of the !" In 1921, Olga and Picasso had their only child, Paulo ancient Greek and Romans. (Paul). !" Picasso began to incorporate both his son and wife into his work.

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SURREALISM AND MARIE-THÉRÈSE WALTER (1925–1935)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" (*5-44+G4$8-))*-0#$/#0-1$3+$5)'8/ $A#$2#&3$,*44-3*4:#,$ !" Picasso’s art took another stylistic shift that was heavily with the lifestyle Olga desired, longing for the freer life he *17'#15#,$/.$3"#$S'))#-&*4349$ once had. !" Surrealists were interested in depicting dreams and the !" Picasso’s friend the poet died subconscious mind. in 1918, and Picasso created different designs for a monument. !" L-)*#M!"=)N4#$+23#1$-<<#-)#,$*1$,*22#)#13$0'*4#4$*1$ Picasso’s art. !" F1$HIJK$(*5-44+$8#3$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$O-&3#)$6"#1$4"#$ 6-4$HK$-1,$"#$6-4$PQ9$!"#.$/#0-1$-$,#5-,#M&+10$-22-*)>$ !" During the summer of 1928 Picasso created many which they kept hidden for many years due to her youth images of bathers and beach scenes. and Picasso’s marriage. !" A#$5)#-3#,$8-1.$*8-0#4$+2$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$O-&3#)$ !" F1$HIJR>$(*5-44+$4#5)#3&.$/)+'0"3$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$+1$"*4$ reading or sleeping, always with her blonde hair. family vacation. !" (*5-44+$<-*13#,$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$6*3"$<-43#&$5+&+)4$-1,$ !" !"#.$5+'&,$1+$&+10#)$"*,#$3"#*)$)#&-3*+14"*<$6"#1$L-)*#M curved lines. !"=)N4#$/#5-8#$<)#01-13$6*3"$(*5-44+G4$4#5+1,$5"*&,>$ !" !"#$-)3*43$-3$"*4$#-4#&$/#5-8#$-$)#5'))*10$3"#8#9 Maya, in 1935. !" F17'#15#,$/.$3"#$S'))#-&*434>$(*5-44+$/#0-1$3+$8-B#$ !" Picasso worked with Julio González, a wire sculptor, to found-object sculptures with the help of Julio González. create sculptures that appear two-dimensional in three- dimensional forms.

THE WAR YEARS (1935–1945)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" In 1935 Picasso was introduced to Surrealist artist Dora !" Picasso depicted much differently than he L--)9$!"#.$/#0-1$-1$-22-*)9$T+)-$-1,$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$ ,*,$L-)*#M!"=)N4#9$L--)$*4$4"+61$6*3"$4"-)<$-10>$ quickly became aware of one another’s existence in acidic colors, and red nails. Picasso’s life. !" O*3"$3"#$/+8/*10$+2$U'#)1*5->$(*5-44+$5)#-3#,$"*4$:)43$ !" Dora Maar was associated with a left wing political overtly political work, , for the 1937 World’s Fair <-)3.$-1,$6-4$;#).$<+&*3*5-&&.$*1;+&;#,9$!"*4$*17'#15#$ in Paris. encouraged Picasso to become more politically active himself. !" As a result of wartime, Picasso’s work became more politically driven psychologically darker. !" On April 26, 1937, amid the Spanish Civil War (1936– 1939), the Basque village of Guernica was bombed. !" Picasso painted many “Weeping Women” who are "#-;*&.$*17'#15#,$/.$T+)-$L--)9 !" Picasso was exiled from Spain during this time due to his political condemnation of Francisco Franco, the dictator of Spain.

!" World War II dominated European events from 1939–1945.

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PICASSO’S FINAL YEARS (1943–1973)

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S LIFE? WHAT’S HAPPENING IN PICASSO’S ART?

!" Picasso met Françoise Gilot in 1943 and had two !" !"#$/*)3"4$+2$(*5-44+G4$5"*&,)#1$-1,$"*4$1#6$)#&-3*+14"*<4$ children with her—Claude in 1947 and Paloma in 1949. with women brought a playfulness back to his art that had been missing during the war years. !" After World War II, Picasso lived in the South of , buying many homes, including La Californie, Cannes, !" He introduced new characters to his work, such as which appears in many of his paintings. 8'4B#3##)4>$-1,$6-4$*17'#15#,$/.$3"#$0)#-3$8-43#)4$ such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco de Goya, and !" Françoise left Picasso in 1953. Diego Velázquez.

!" Picasso met Roque in 1952, and the two !" Picasso painted variations of many works by great remained together until the end of the artist’s life. 8-43#)4$4'5"$-4$W#&XYZ'#Y>$[,+'-),$L-1#3>$-1,$\'0N1#$ Delacroix. !" V*2#&+10$2)*#1,$-1,$-)3*43*5$*17'#15#$-1,$)*;-&$A#1)*$ Matisse died in November 1954, affecting !" During his eighties, Picasso painted obsessively, Picasso greatly. producing an astonishing quantity of works. He creates hundreds of paintings, drawings, and etchings in his !" Picasso had not returned to Spain since 1930 and last years. perhaps longed for his homeland.

!" Picasso died April 8, 1973 and is buried at the chateau of Vauvenarges.

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Woman with Clasped Hands @5#-1*->$-$3)*<$3"-3$*17'#15#,$(*5-44+$0)#-3&.9 [Study for “Les demoiselles d’Avignon”] !" Picasso began to collect African art and use the Paris, spring 1907 appearance of African masks in his art, seen here in Oil on canvas 3"#$2-5*-&$2#-3')#4$-1,$3"#$7-33#1*10$+2$3"#$2-5#9$

FACTS: !" In 1907, Picasso also attended a retrospective of -)3*43$(-'&$D=Y-11#>$6"*5"$#15+')-0#,$"*8$3+$#]<&+)#$ !" Completed in Paris in spring 1907, this painting is oil sculptural form in two dimensions—for example, in the on canvas. breaking of the line of the arm in this self-portrait. !" Picasso painted this as a study for a larger- !" One of the two eyes is blocked out as if it were scale painting. sightless. Picasso had lifelong fascination with /&*1,1#44$-1,$4*0"39$S##$*2$.+'$5-1$:1,$-1.$+3"#)$ !" Although entitled Woman with Clasped Hands, this examples of this on your visit to the de Young. painting can be understood as a self-portrait of Picasso: the sweep of hair and the blocked out eye are typically used by the artist in his self-portraits. See *2$.+'$5-1$:1,$-1.$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$3"*4$+1$.+')$;*4*3$ to the de Young. !" !"*4$6+)B$)#5-&&4$F/#)*-1$45'&<3')#>$6"*5"$"-4$U)##B$ -1,$\0.<3*-1$*17'#15#49$!"*4$5-1$/#$4##1$*1$3"#$ :0')#G4$/)+-,$5"#43$-1,$4"+'&,#)4>$-4$6#&&$-4$3"#$6-.$ musculature is depicted. !" In 1907, Picasso visited Paris’s Ethnographic Museum +2$3"#$!)+5-,=)+>$6"*5"$*15&',#,$-)3$+2$?2)*5-$-1,$

Guitar and Bottle of Bass !" Picasso used a wide array of materials, but primarily Paris, summer–autumn 1913 used wood to create different effects, textures, and (-)3*-&&.$<-*13#,$<*1#>$<-<*#)$5+&&=>$ spatial relationships charcoal, and nails on wood panel !" !"*4$6+)B$-1,$+3"#)4$&*B#$*3$5"-& #,$3)-,*3*+1-&$ conceptions of painting and sculpture by intertwining FACTS: the two. !" !"*4$-)36+)B$6-4$5+8<#,$*1$(-)*4$*1$HIH^9$F3$*4$ !" @3"#)$-)3*434$-3$3"*4$3*8#$6#)#$,#<*53*10$5-2=$&*2#$*1$ made of partially painted pine components, glued (-)*49$!"#$/+33&#$+2$%-44$-1,$4'00#43*+1$+2$8'4*5$*1$ paper, charcoal, and nails on a wooden backing. 3"*4$<*#5#$4"+6$"+6$+3"#)$-)3$*17'#15#,$(*5-44+9 !" At this time Picasso was working closely with Georges !" !"#$0'*3-)$43*&&$&*2#$*1$-$5-2=$*4$-$5&-44*5$D'/*43$4'/_#53>$ Braque to create Cubism, an art form that challenged which Picasso often used at this time. the representation of objects in space by breaking them down and reassembling them. Braque and !" For Picasso and others, the guitar and mandolin are (*5-44+$0)#-3&.$*17'#15#,$#-5"$+3"#)$3+$/)*10$3"#$ associated with the female form. style to new places. !" !"#$4'<<+)3$/+-),$+1$3"#$/-5B$*4$-$5-2=$3-/+<$3*&3#,$ !" Braque began creating “construction sculptures” in upwards. In the middle is the guitar with its vertical HIHH>$*17'#15*10$(*5-44+$3+$/#0*1$8-B*10$"*4$+61$ neck; to the right a clarinet with sound holes; and assemblages. An assemblage is a three-dimensional at the left center is the round bottle of Bass beer. sculpture made from found objects. Picasso’s Picasso frequently played with the idea of space. See assemblages in turn took Braque’s paper versions to *2$.+'$5-1$:1,$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$3"*4$+1$.+')$3)*<$3+$ the next level. the de Young.

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Paul as a Harlequin !" Harlequin is a romantic, but also a trickster, who steals Paris, 1924 the love of a woman. Oil on canvas !" Harlequin serves as an alter ego for Picasso. FACTS: !" Picasso paints his son as Harlequin, his alter ego, &++B*10$Z'*3#$8#&-15"+&.9$!"*4$8-.$)#7#53$3"#$ !" Completed in Paris in 1924, this is an image of unhappiness and trapped feelings the artist was (*5-44+G4$4+1$(-'&$6*3"$:)43$6*2#>$@&0-9$!"#$<-*13*10$*4$ experiencing in his marriage to Olga. oil on canvas. !" !"*4$<-*13*10$5-1$/#$4##1$-4$-$,+'/&#$*&&'4*+19$ !" When Picasso and Olga wed, he was reaching a level !")+'0"+'3$"*4$6+)B>$(*5-44+$,#<*534$"*84#&2$-4$ of success where he could afford nice things and Harlequin; in this work the identity is placed on his when Olga desired a bourgeois lifestyle, which he son. Picasso is very interested in the idea of morphing could now provide. Picasso’s painting style shifted *,#13*3*#49$S##$*2$.+'$5-1$:1,$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$3"*4$ to Neoclassicism during this time, a style more on your trip to the de Young. )#-&*43*5$-1,$5+14#);-3*;#$3"-1$"*4$<)#;*+'4$6+)B9$!"*4$ <)+0)#44*+1$8-.$)#7#53$"*4$1#6>$8+)#$5+143)-*1#,$ relationship with Olga. !" While Picasso was married to Olga, he longed for the freer, bohemian lifestyle he once had. !" Paul was three at the time of this painting. !" Picasso paints Paul in the costume of Harlequin, a stock character from an Italian form of theater then popular in France.

Large Still Life on a Pedestal Table !" !"#$.#&&+6$<*35"#)$5-1$/#$4##1$-4$"#)$/&+1,#$"-*)>$ Paris, March 11, 1931 while other objects represent her various physical Oil on canvas attributes. !" Picasso himself may also be represented in this work. FACTS: !" Picasso often used bright colors and curvy lines to !" !"*4$<-*13*10$6-4$5+8<#,$L-)5"$HH>$HI^H>$*1$(-)*49$ ,#<*53$L-)*#M!"=)N4#9 It is oil on canvas. !" Picasso was very familiar with the French Academy !" Objectively, the painting is a still life with a pitcher and of Painting and Sculpture, the traditional “academy” dish of fruit arranged on a pedestal table. that established a hierarchy of painting genres for !" (*5-44+$8#3$3"#$/&+1,#$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$O-&3#)$6"#1$ purposes of awarding prizes and scholarships. In she was 17 and he was 45. this hierarchy, still life was at the bottom, with history painting at the top (followed by portraits, genre !" O"#1$3"#.$8#3>$(*5-44+$6-4$43*&&$8-))*#,$3+$:)43$ painting, and landscapes). 6*2#>$@&0->$4+$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$-1,$(*5-44+$B#<3$3"#*)$ relationship a secret until 1935, when she became !" Picasso was fascinated by the idea of creating pregnant with Picasso’s second child, Maya. transformation and metamorphosis, here changing *1-1*8-3#$+/_#534$*13+$"'8-1$:0')#49$S##$*2$.+'$5-1$ !" Because of the secret nature of their affair, Picasso :1,$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$3"*4$+1$.+')$3)*<$3+$3"#$$$ 6+'&,$+23#1$"*,#$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$*1$"*4$-)3>$4'5"$-4$ de Young. with this still life.

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!"##$%&'()*+,'&)-.)'&+)!"##$%&'+/ Boisgeloup, September 19, 1933 Oil on wood

FACTS: !" !"*4$<-*13*10$6-4$5+8<#,$S#<3#8/#)$HI>$HI^^>$*1$ !" Picasso frequently depicted himself as the bull or as Boisgeloup, France. the mythical Minotaur, who was half-man, half-beast. S##$*2$.+'$5-1$:1,$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$(*5-44+$'4*10$ !" (*5-44+$/#0-1$'4*10$/'&&:0"3$45#1#4$*1$3"#$HI^`49$ animals as symbols on your visit to the de Young !" %'&&:0"3*10$6-4$3"#$1-3*+1-&$4<+)3$+2$S<-*1>$$$ !" !"#$"+)4#$-1,$/'&&$-<<#-)$*1$(*5-44+G4$&-)0#M45-&#$ Picasso’s homeland. political work Guernica (1937) to symbolize a ravaged Spain amid the Spanish Civil War. !" He was a lifelong fan of the sport. !" %'&&:0"3*10$*1;+&;#,$-$/'&&>$-$8-3-,+)>$-1,$"*4$"+)4#$*1$ a life and death battle.

0-/'/,1')-.)*-/,)2,,/ !" Picasso would depict Dora with sharp, angular forms Paris, 1937 '4*10$-5*,*5$.#&&+64$-1,$0)##149$!"*4$43.&#$,*22#)4$2)+8$ Oil on canvas the soft, curved lines and bright colors of his paintings +2$L-)*#M!"=)N4#9$ FACTS: !" Dora was a photographer and took many pictures of !" !"*4$<+)3)-*3$6-4$5+8<#,$*1$(-)*4$*1$HI^K$-1,$*4$ Picasso working in his studio. painted in oil on canvas. !" Picasso used Dora as a source of inspiration for his !" !"*4$*4$-$<+)3)-*3$+2$T+)-$L--)>$+1#$+2$(*5-44+G4$ “Weeping Women,” most famously depicted in his mistresses. She was an established Surrealist artist large-scale political work Guernica (1937). and was very politically active. Friends described her !" (*5-44+$6+'&,$<-*13$T+)-G4$2-5#$*1$<)+:&#$a2)+8$3"#$ as having a very emotional and intense personality. side) and from the front (as if she was looking directly She was tall with dark hair and drastically different out at the viewer) simultaneously creating a unique 3"-1$3"#$/&+1,#$-1,$)#&-3*;#&.$<-44*;#$L-)*#M!"=)N4#$ )#<)#4#13-3*+1$+2$3"#$"'8-1$2-5#9$S##$*2$.+'$5-1$:1,$ Walter, his other mistress at the time. other examples of this “double face” on your trip to !" !"#$<+#3$(-'&$[&'-),$*13)+,'5#,$(*5-44+$3+$T+)-$ the de Young. Maar in 1935. Legend has it that Picasso saw Dora at 3"#$5-2=$V#4$T#']$L-0+34$*1$(-)*49$O"*&#$"#$6-35"#,$ her, she took her pocketknife out and began quickly 43-//*10$3"#$3-/&#$*1$/#36##1$#-5"$+2$"#)$:10#)49$ She then gave Picasso her blood-soaked glove to remember her by. It is often thought that this is why (*5-44+$2)#Z'#13&.$<-*134$T+)-$6*3"$)#,$:10#)1-*&49$

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The Studio of La Californie !" As Picasso grew older he became more isolated from Cannes, March 30, 1956 contemporary art and artists, becoming not only self- Oil on canvas referential but referential to the great masters in art history, such as the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez. FACTS: !" !"*4$<-*13*10$4"+64$3"#$43',*+$6*3"$3"#$0-),#1$3+$3"#$ !" !"*4$<-*13*10$6-4$5+8<#,$L-)5"$^`>$HIQb>$*1$ right. In the right foreground there are two painted Cannes, France. It is oil on canvas. 5-1;-4#49$!"#$*8-0#$-&4+$4"+64$3"#$*13#)*+)$43)'53')#$ and decor of La Californie. !" In 1955, Picasso purchased the 19th-century , overlooking Cannes. !" Picasso was very interested in depicting the artist and his model, as well as the artist and his studio. See if !" He decorated his studio at the villa with art nouveau .+'$5-1$:1,$+3"#)$#]-8<$+2$(*5-44+$'4*10$3"#4#$ decor and set it up overlooking the garden. He themes on your trip to the de Young. produced a series of drawings and paintings of this studio space. !" !"#$*8-0#$)#5-&&4$L-3*44#G4$Red Studio (1911). Matisse and Picasso were longtime friends and had *17'#15#,$#-5"$+3"#)$+;#)$3"#$.#-)49$!"#$36+$"-,$-1$ interesting relationship; they created much of their work at the same time, yet Matisse was older than Picasso. Matisse had died the year before this Picasso painted this work, which can be seen as an homage to him. (Matisse’s Red Studio can be seen online at : http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78389)

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