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"citation": "Ho, Wai-kam, Sherman E. Lee, Laurence Sickman, and Marc F. Wilson. Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1980.",
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"citation": "Chung, Anita. \"Traditions and The Modernist Vision: Chinese Paintings of Chen Wen Hsi.\" In Convergences: Chen Wen Hsi centennial exhibition [\u6c47\u6d41 : \u9648\u6587\u5e0c\u767e\u5e74\u8bde\u8fb0\u7eaa\u5ff5\u5c55 = Hui liu: Chen Wenxi bai nian dan chen ji nian zhan]. Singapore: Singapore Art Museum, 2006",
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