Trovato, Joseph S., 1912-1983
Painter, Arts administrator
Size: Transcript: 53 pages.
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 5 min.
Summary: An interview of Joseph S. Trovato conducted 1979 July 29, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Joseph Trovato (1912-1983) was a painter from Utica, N.Y.
These interviews are 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.
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 Joseph S. Trovato, 1979 July 29. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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