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Oral history interview with Arthur Polonsky, 1972 Apr. 12-May 21

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Interviewee:
Polonsky, Arthur, 1925-  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Massachusetts
Physical Description:
58 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 3 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 20 min. Date was originally written as June 12 for the second session. It is written on the box as May 22. Brown states May 21 at the beginning of the interview.
Summary:
An interview of Arthur Polonsky conducted 1972 Apr. 12-June 12, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Arthur Polonsky, 1972 Apr. 12-May 21. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Arthur Polonsky (1925- ) is a painter and educator from Newtonville, Mass.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives' Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Painters -- Massachusetts -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12759
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213024
AAA_collcode_polons72
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213024