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- ↑ "About the Diego Rivera Gallery." Archived June 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Diego Rivera Gallery Website Archived July 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Lee, Anthony W. "The Making of a Fresco". Oxford Art Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2 (1996), pp. 72-82