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- ↑ "Painters and Sculptors' Gallery Association to Begin Work". The New York Times . December 19, 1922. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Terminal Fire Not in Art School". The New York Times . September 6, 1929. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ "New Art School Opens: Reception Held in Studios Over the Grand Central". The New York Times . October 2, 1924. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Art Activities Here, at Home, and Out of Town; In Massachusetts. In Connecticut. In Vermont. In Pennsylvania. The Carnegie International". The New York Times . September 16, 1928. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ↑ "About ICAA - Institute of Classical Architecture & Art".
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