Tafel, Edgar

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Edgar Tafel interview, 1990 May 16 - July 24

3 sound cassettes (128 p. transcript)

An interview of Edgar Tafel conducted by Carol Rifkind for the Archives of American Art. Tafel discusses his apprenticeship with Frank Lloyd Wright and his subsequent architectural career. He recalls William Van Alen, Tom Wolfe, and the construction of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

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.

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