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- ↑ Lambert, Dan (2011). Common Language: Punctuating the Landscape. El Paso, Texas: El Paso Museum of Art.
- ↑ Thiewes, Rachelle (2015). Rachelle Thiewes : something gleams. Stanlee and Gerald Rubin Center for the Visual Arts. El Paso, Tex.: The University of Texas at El Paso. ISBN 9780981803388. OCLC 925379739.
