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- ↑ Juliff, Toby (2018). "A New Generation of British Art: A Problem of Provincialism". Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. pp. 125–145.
- ↑ Juliff, Toby (2018). "A New Generation of British Art: A Problem of Provincialism". Sydney: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art. pp. 125–145.
- ↑ "The TIME Vault: June 3, 1966".
- ↑ "Minimal Art", edited by Gregory Battcock, Michael Benedikt: Sculpture as Architecture: New York letter,1966–67 page 61 SBN 289 79593 1
- ↑ Further reading The New Generation Exhibition catalogue, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1965
- ↑ New British Sculpture/Bristol 1968: a new engagement with public art A text by Julian Warren, Archivist at Arnolfini, and Bristol Record Office May 2011.
- ↑ July 2016 "Artist Boss: Anthony Caros studio assistants and issues of legacy in British sculpture". By J.Dunseath Coeditor Dr M Wilsher ISBN 978-0-9935511-0-9.
