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- ↑ "Bowl, Virginia Dotson". Minneapolis Institute of Art. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ↑ "Virginia Dotson, Untitled". The MFAH Collections. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
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- ↑ Savig, Mary; Atkinson, Nora; Montiel, Anya (2022). This Present Moment: Crafting a Better World. Washington, DC: Smithsonian American Art Museum. pp. 228–238. ISBN 9781913875268.