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At seventeen, after several years at the Art Students League he was already a professional sculptor
- ↑ Mary Ellen Scherl and Richard Heinrich (April 17, 2011). ""A Clear-Eyed Working Sculptor": Nathaniel Kaz, 1917-2010". Art Critical.
- ↑ "Nathaniel Kaz obituary". The New York Times. December 26, 2010.
