Sills, Thomas Albert, 1914-2000
Painter, Collagist
Size: Transcript: 59 pages.
Format: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 1 min.
Summary: Interview of Thomas A. Sills conducted 1968 July 13, by Henri Ghent, for the Archives of American Art.
Thomas A. Sills (1914-2000) was a painter 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 others.
Transcript: available at Archives of American Art offices with an appointment and through interlibrary loan.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Thomas A. Sills, 1968 July 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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