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Size: Sound recording: 2 Sound tape reels, analog, 3 in.; 103 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview of Paul Jenkins conducted in 1968, by Colette Roberts, for the Archives of American Art.
Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
Painter
Size: Sound recording: 2 Sound tape reels, analog, 3 in.; 103 Pages, Transcript
Summary: An interview of Paul Jenkins conducted in 1968, by Colette Roberts, for the Archives of American Art.
Paul Jenkins (1923-2012) was an abstract expressionist, painter, and playwright in 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 administrators.
English .
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