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- 1 2 Rick A. Lopez (19 August 2010). Crafting Mexico: Intellectuals, Artisans, and the State after the Revolution. Duke University Press. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-8223-9173-9.
- ↑ Susan Provost Beller (1 September 2008). The Aftermath of the Mexican Revolution. Twenty-First Century Books. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8225-7600-6.
- ↑ Tina Modotti; Patricia Albers; Karen Cordero (2000). Tina Modotti: the Mexican renaissance. Jean-Michel Place editions. p. 16.
- ↑ "The Mexican Mural Renaissance". Jean Charlot.com. Retrieved 17 December 2013.