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References
- ↑ Rhein, at Sotheby's Catalogue
- ↑ Rhein, Christie's
- ↑ Peter Galassi, 'Gursky's World' in Exhibition Catalogue, New York, Museum of Modern Art, Andreas Gursky, 2001, p. 35
- ↑ Rhein I, Sotheby's New York
- ↑ Rhein, Phillips
- ↑ Moving to Abstraction: Andreas Gursky’s Rhine, 26 July 2019, Daily Art Magazine
- ↑ Rhein, at Sotheby's Catalogue
- ↑ Rhein, Christie's
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