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Title: Interview about Hans Hofmann with Harry Holtzman
Date: 1977 December 12
Physical Details: 2 sound cassettes ; 1 hr., 44 min., 43 sec.
Description: Recording has hum, clicking and background noise. Tape 02, Side 01 recording has low sound quality and muffled speech. Tape 02, Side 02 is blank. Cynthia Goodman interviews Harry Holtzman. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Holtzman's life, education, career as an artist, his influences, Holtzman's relationship with Hans Hofmann, working for Hofmann, Hofmann's drawings and paintings and his method of teaching, Hofmann's influence on modernism in America, and Art Students League. People mentioned include Robert Motherwell, Ad Reinhardt, Piet Mondrian, John Sloan, Wolfgang Paalen, Luchita Hurtado. See Internal Note for Order of recordings.
Creator: Holtzman, Harry
Forms part of: Cynthia Goodman papers, circa 1944-2001, bulk 1975-1996
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Harry Holtzman and Cynthia Goodman. Interview about Hans Hofmann with Harry Holtzman, 1977 December 12. Cynthia Goodman papers, circa 1944-2001. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25449