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\documentclass[]{exaarticle}
\pagestyle{empty}
\setlength\textwidth{145.16928pt}
\setlength\parskip{10pt}
\AtBeginDocument{\setbox0\hbox{$ $}}
%StartShownPreambleCommands
\usepackage{blkarray}
%StopShownPreambleCommands
\begin{document}
\begin{blockarray}{c \{ c c \} c}
11 & 21 & 31 & 41\\
\begin{block*}{c \BAmulticolumn{2}{c} c}
12 & 23\mbox{--}32 & 42\\13 & 23\mbox{--}33 & 43\\
\end{block*}
14 & 24 & 34 & 44
\end{blockarray}
\end{document}