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- ↑ Murray, Joan (7 November 1999). Canadian Art in the Twentieth Century. Dundurn. ISBN 9781550023329 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anne Newlands, "Esther Warkov". A Dictionary of Canadian Artists, volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 (online only), by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker National Gallery of Canada / Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
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- 1 2 Heller, Jules; Heller, Nancy G. (19 December 2013). North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: A Biographical Dictionary. ISBN 9781135638825.
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Bibliography
- Rasporich, Beverly (2003). Magic Off Main: The Art of Esther Warkov. Calgary: University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1552380998 . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- Wilkins, Charles, ed. (1985). Esther Warkov: Recent Drawings. Winnipeg: Winnipeg Art Gallery. ISBN 0889151245 . Retrieved 3 July 2020.
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