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Interviewee:
Ruda, Edwin  Search this
Interviewer:
Chisolm, Michael  Search this
Names:
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.  Search this
Paula Cooper Gallery  Search this
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this
Di Suvero, Mark, 1933-  Search this
Geist, Sidney  Search this
Myers, Forrest Warden, 1941-  Search this
Resnick, Milton, 1917-2004  Search this
Extent:
151 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1988 January 26
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Edwin Ruda conducted 1988 January 26, by Michael Chisolm, for the Archives of American Art. Ruda speaks of his education; his life in Mexico; his time as a G.I.; The Club; the Park Place Gallery; the Paula Cooper Gallery; phases of his work. He recalls Sidney Geist, Mark Di Suvero, Willem De Kooning, Milton Resnick and Forrest Myers.
Biographical / Historical:
Edwin Ruda (1922- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 42 min.
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.
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.ruda88
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a443709f-710c-4bb0-8f01-e4a429601220
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-ruda88