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Title: Interview with Konrad Fischer and Interview with Karl Ruhrberg
Date: 1984 October 25
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 35 min., 14 sec.
Description: Side 01 00:00:00-00:37:47 Hayden Herrera interviews Konrad Fischer. Recording has a clicking noise, low level of sound and muffled speech. Portions of discussion are difficult to follow. Discussion topics include Fischer's career as curator and gallerist, reception of American art in Europe after World War II, Fischer's exposure to it, important art shows, and show Prospect - RETROSPECT , which Fischer curated in Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in 1976. People mentioned include Giuseppe Panza, Leo Castelli. --- Side 01 00:37:48-00:47:35 and Side 02 Hayden Herrera interviews Karl Ruhrberg. Discussion topics include Ruhrberg's career as writer and art critc, his views on American art in Europe after World War II, important art shows, level of art criticism, and development of the modern art movement in America and in Europe.
Creator: Fischer, Konrad
Forms part of: Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Konrad Fischer and Hayden Herrera. Interview with Konrad Fischer and Interview with Karl Ruhrberg, 1984 October 25. Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006. 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: 24741