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Size: Sound recording: 3 Sound tape reels, 5 in.; 76 Pages, Transcript
Summary: Interview of Jimmy Ernst conducted 1974 Sept. 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984
Painter, Educator
Size: Sound recording: 3 Sound tape reels, 5 in.; 76 Pages, Transcript
Summary: Interview of Jimmy Ernst conducted 1974 Sept. 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Jimmy Ernst (1920-1984) was a painter and educator from New York, N.Y.
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 others.
English .
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.
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