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Summary:
An interview of Adrian Piper conducted by Josephine Withers, 1991 [month and day unidentified]. Withers conducted the interview as part of her research for an unpublished book Musing about the Muse .
Citation:
Adrian Piper interview, 1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the processing of this collection was provided by the Henry Luce Foundation.
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Biography Note:
Josephine Withers (1938-) is an art historian and a professor emerita of art history at the University of Maryland, College Park. Adrian Piper (1948-) is a conceptual artist and philosopher. She taught philosophy at numerous institutions and was the first female African American philosophy professor to receive academic tenure in the United States. Piper moved to Berlin, Germany in 2005 where she now runs the Adrian Piper Research Archive (APRA).
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2005 by Josephine Withers.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
