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"title": "New Narratives: Contemporary Works on Paper",
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"citation": "Erickson, Peter. \u201cIn the Tower: Kerry James Marshall.\u201d Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 32 (Spring 2014)",
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"citation": "Gaines, Charles, et al. Kerry James Marshall. London: Phaidon Press Ltd., 2017",
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"citation": "Marshall, Kerry James, Reto Thu\u0308ring, and Emily Liebert. Kerry James Marshall: Works on Paper. 2018.",
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