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Interviewee:
Ruda, Edwin, 1922-  Search this
Interviewer:
Chisolm, Michael  Search this
Subject:
De Kooning, Willem  Search this
Di Suvero, Mark  Search this
Geist, Sidney  Search this
Myers, Forrest Warden  Search this
Resnick, Milton  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Park Place Gallery Art Research, Inc.  Search this
Paula Cooper Gallery  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
151 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 42 min.
Summary:
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.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Edwin Ruda, 1988 January 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biography Note:
Edwin Ruda (1922- ) is a painter from New York, N.Y.
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:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12616
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212090
AAA_collcode_ruda88
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212090