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- ↑ "Sotheby's". 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "The Hyperrealistic World of Thomas Struth, The Architectural Digest, 30 September 2014". 20 February 2023.
- ↑ Annette Kruszynski, Tobia Bezzola, and James Lingwood, eds., Thomas Struth: Photographs 1978-2010, Munich, 2010, p. 138
- ↑ Thomas Struth (b. 1954), Pantheon, Rome (1990), Sale 1903 Christie's, Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Sale, 13 November 2007, New York.
- ↑ "The most expensive photographs sold at auction: part 2". 22 July 2017.
- ↑ "The most expensive photographs sold at auction: part 3". 30 July 2017.
- ↑ "Metropolitan Museum of Art". 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Museum of Modern Art". 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "Saint Louis Art Museum". 20 February 2021.