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Size: Sound recording: 1 Sound cassette; 21 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview of Alan Gowans conducted by Buck Pennington for the Archives of American Art.
Gowans, Alan, 1923-2001
Educator
Size: Sound recording: 1 Sound cassette; 21 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview of Alan Gowans conducted by Buck Pennington for the Archives of American Art.
Alan Gowans (1923-2001) was an educator from Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
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.
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.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Alan Gowans, 1983 Mar. 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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