Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Arthur Polonsky

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.polons72
Creators:
Polonsky, Arthur
Brown, Robert F.
Dates:
1972 Apr. 12-May 21
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
58 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Arthur Polonsky conducted 1972 Apr. 12-June 12, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Arthur Polonsky (1925- ) is a painter and educator from Newtonville, Mass.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.

Digital Content


More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 3 tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 20 min.
General
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.


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