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- ↑ Holzhey, Magdalena (2005). Giorgio de Chirico, 1888–1978: The modern myth. Köln: Taschen. p. 61. ISBN 3822841528.
- ↑ Holzhey, Magdalena (2005). Giorgio de Chirico, 1888–1978: The modern myth. Köln: Taschen. p. 60. ISBN 3822841528.
- ↑ Museo del Novecento, Milan, Electa, 2010 (Italian)
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