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- ↑ "Lunar Network Sculpture, 1986". Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ "Concetta Mason". eMuseum. Hunter Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ↑ ""Tribal Passage" Vessel". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
