Oral history interview with Jon Shirley
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
75 Pages (Transcript)
An interview with Jon Shirley conducted 2018 August 7-8, by Mija Riedel, 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 Shirley's home in Medina, Washington.
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