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- ↑ Bloncort, Gérald, La Peinture Haïtienne: Haitian Arts, Edition Nathan, Paris: 1986.
- ↑ "Charles Obas | the Chicago Gallery of Haitian Art". Archived from the original on 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ↑ Bloncort, Gérald, La Peinture Haïtienne: Haitian Arts, Editions Nathan, Paris: 1986.
- ↑ Alexis, Gérald, Peintres Haïtiens, Éditions Cercle d'Art, Paris: 2000.
- ↑ Black Family Today. Family Journal. 1997. p. 36.
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