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Interviewee:
Broad, Eli, 1933-2021  Search this
Interviewer:
Berman, Avis  Search this
Subject:
Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
2 sound files (2 hrs., 34 min.) Audio, digital, wav; 53 Pages, Transcript
Access Note / Rights:
The transcript and recording are open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview of Eli Broad conducted 2012 Jan. 30 and April 16, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at the Frick Collection and at Broad's home in New York, N.Y.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Eli Broad, 2012 Jan. 30-April 16. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by Barbara Fleischman.
Biography Note:
Interviewee Eli Broad (1933-2021) was an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the founder of the Broad Art Foundation in Los Angeles, Calif. Interviewer Avis Berman (1949- ) is an art historian and author in New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
Undetermined .
Provenance:
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)21654
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)397960
AAA_collcode_broad12
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_397960