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- ↑ "Harry Roseman: Softening the Space". innovators.vassar.edu. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
- ↑ "Catherine Murphy". The Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
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