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References
- ↑ Summers, Cherith. "Erica Brausen and the Hanover Gallery (1948-1973)".
- ↑ see British and Irish Artists of the 20th Century, Hanover Gallery
- ↑ Peppiatt, Michael (2018). Francis Bacon: the Anatomy of an Enigma. London: Routledge. p. 179.
- ↑ Gill Hedley. "Arthur Jeffress for Painting". Gill Hedley. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- ↑ Jean-Yves Mock sells art from the gallery in The Daily Telegraph, 10 January 2005
- ↑ Obituary: Erica Brausen in The Independent , 30 December 1992
- ↑ Summers, Cherith. "Erica Brausen and the Hanover Gallery (1948-1973)".
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