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- ↑ "Artists' Books and Multiples: Bici Forbes Hendricks | Statement of Aims and Purposes of the Black Thumb Press". Artists' Books and Multiples. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ "Nye Ffarrabas & CX Silver Gallery: West Brattleboro | The Brattleboro Words Project" . Retrieved 2021-03-03.
- 1 2 Genzlinger, Neil (2018-05-22). "Geoffrey Hendricks, 86, Attention-Getting Fluxus Artist, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ↑ Ffarrabas, Nye (2000). "Remembering Judson House: Nye Ffarrabas (formerly Bici Forbes Hendricks)" (PDF).
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