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- ↑ Carl Heidenreich and Hans Hofmann in Postwar New York Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
- ↑ Carl Heidenreich (American, 1901–1965),
- ↑ Biography for Carl Heidenreich
- ↑ CARL HEIDENREICH Archived December 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine ,
- ↑ Gabriele Saure, Carl Heidenreich (2004)
