Item Information
Title: Interview with Joshua Smith
Date: 1989 May 8-1989 October 31
Physical Details: 4 sound cassettes ; 3 hr., 16 min., 3 sec.
Description: Tape 04, Side 02 is blank. Recording has hum. Portions of recording have a fluttering noise and some speech is muffled. Ruth Fine interviews Joshua Smith. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Smith's career as a collector of photography and prints, principles of collecting, energy of the international art scene in New York City in the early 1980s, art dealers, printmakers. Discussion topics on Tapes 02-04 center on artists featured in the exhibition The 1980s: Prints From the Collection of Joshua P. Smith, which was held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., December 17, 1989 April 8, 1990. The exhibition was curated by Ruth Fine. Artists discussed include Richard Bosman, Gregory Amenoff, Richard Artschwager, Jennifer Bartlett, Jasper Johns, Steven Campbell, Georg Baselitz, Francesco Clemente, Elizabeth Murray. Also discussed are artists' influences on each other and Smith's relationships with artists. See also item 24555 for an interview with Joshua Smith. Date range is based on marking on Tape 01 and contents of recording on Tapes 02-04.
Creator: Smith, Joshua P.
Forms part of: Ruth Fine papers, 1929-2016
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Joshua P. Smith and Ruth Fine. Interview with Joshua Smith, 1989 May 8-1989 October 31. Ruth Fine papers, 1929-2016. 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: 24557