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- ↑ "Julia Rommel". moma.org. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Collection". whitney.org. Archived from the original on April 6, 2017. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
- ↑ "Painting Overtakes Pixels in Aldrich Museum Exhibition". The New York Times . February 18, 2016. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
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