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- ↑ Fuller, Diana Burgess; Salvioni, Daniela, eds. (2002-05-29). Art/Women/California, 1950-2000: Parallels and Intersections . University of California Press. pp. 289. ISBN 0520230655.
- ↑ Davis MacNaughton, Mary (1987). "Sound and Silence: The Sculpture of Mineko Grimmer". Arts. 62: 54–58.
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- ↑ "Singlewheel". Smithsonian American Art Museum. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
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