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Sources
- Nicht nur Bücher – Kunst am Bau und mehr 1 (blog.dnb.de)
- https://buchmarkt.de/meldungen/deutsche-nationalbibliothek-frankfurt-kunst-und-buecher (buchmarkt.de)
- https://www.museum-der-1000-orte.de/kunstwerke/kunstwerk/armalamor (museum-der-1000-orte.de)
- https://www.museum-der-1000-orte.de/kunstwerke/kunstwerk/ohne-titel-skulpturale-architektur (museum-der-1000-orte.de)
- https://dnb-onlineshop.de/products/kopie-von-publikation-deutsche-nationalbibliothek-in-leipzig-und-frankfurt-am-main-die-neuen-architekturfuhrer-nr-181 (dnb-onlineshop.de)
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