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- ↑ Binnendijk, Chandra van; Faber, Paul (2000). Beeldende kunst in Suriname: de twintigste eeuw (in Dutch). Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen. p. 28. ISBN 978-90-6832-298-9.
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