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- ↑ "Yixing Teapot and iPod (from the series Worshipping Mammon: An Exploration of Value)". New Mexico Museum of Art.
- ↑ Archuletta, Lauren (21 October 2015). ""Prospector" Will Loom Over Denver Today, in New Black Cube Pop-Up". Westword.
- ↑ "40-foot inflatable prospector sculpture rises near Colorado Capitol". 23 October 2015.
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