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Size: 1 Sound tape reel Sound recording: (4 hours) 72 Pages Transcript
Summary: An interview of Robert Gwathmey conducted 1968 Mar. 5, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988
Painter
Size: 1 Sound tape reel Sound recording: (4 hours) 72 Pages Transcript
Summary: An interview of Robert Gwathmey conducted 1968 Mar. 5, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Robert Gwathmey (1903-1988) was a painter from Amagansett, N.Y.
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.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Gwathmey, 1968 Mar. 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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