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- ↑ Mondrian, Piet (1937). "Plastic Art and Pure Plastic Art (Figurative Art and Non-Figurative Art) in CIRCLE". Internet Archive: Faber and Faber. pp. 41–56. ISBN 0-571-09552-6.
- ↑ Overy, Paul (1991). De Stijl. Internet Archive: Thames and Hudson. pp. 41–42.
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