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- 1 2 "Cercle artistique de Luxembourg", Luxemburger Lexikon, Editions Guy Binsfeld, Luxembourg, 2006. (in German)
- ↑ "A propos du CAL" Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine , Cercle artistique de Luxembourg. (in French)
- ↑ "Michel Stoffel" Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine , MediArt.lu. (in French) Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ↑ Georgette Bisdorff, "Claus Cito" Archived 2017-07-02 at the Wayback Machine , Ons stad, No 70, 2002. (in French) Retrieved 30 January 2011.
