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- ↑ Dupouy, Alexandre (1994). Yva Richard : L'âge d'or du fétichisme (in French). Editions Astarté. ISBN 978-2909607030.
- ↑ Dupouy, Alexandre (2019). City of Pleasure: Paris Between the Wars. Korero Press. p. 66. ISBN 9781912740055.
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