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- ↑ Villa Le Balze, Georgetown University in Fiesole Italy Archived April 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Williams, Alex (April 6, 2023). "Elizabeth de Cuevas, Sculptor With a Flair for the Monumental, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved April 26, 2023.
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