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- Fairclough, Oliver (2011). A Companion Guide to the Welsh National Museum of Art. Cardiff: National Museum Wales Books. ISBN 978-0-72-000613-1.
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- ↑ "Mujer con sombrero - Obra gráfica" . Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Pablo Picasso - The Bull (Le Taureau), state XI January 17, 1946". Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
- ↑ Fairclough 2011, p. 126.
- ↑ "Nature Morte au Poron (Still Life with Poron)". Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ↑ "Exchange: Portrait of Françoise (Buste de Femme)". exchange.umma.umich.edu. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
