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- ↑ Fowler, Alan (2006), Constructivist Art in Britain 1913–2005, Winchester School of Art
- ↑ Grieve, Alastair (2005), Constructed Abstract Art in England After the Second World War: A Neglected Avant-Garde, Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-10703-6