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Title: Interview with Mats B. and Interview with Lars Nittve
Date: 1984 October 18
Physical Details: 2 sound cassettes ; 2 hr., 34 min., 4 sec.
Description: Recordings have mechanical noise. Tape 01, Side 01 Hayden Herrera interviews Mats B. Discussion topics include directors of Scandinavian art museums, Stockholm's Moderna Museet, the Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art in Denmark, Swedish and Danish art scene after World War II, abstract expressionism, pop art, effect and significance of American modern art, and its political aspects. See also item 24759 for the beginning part of interview with Mats B. --- Tape 01, Side 02 and Tape 02 Hayden Herrera interviews Lars Nittve. Discussion topics include Nittve's career and writing work, reception of American art in Sweden, political aspects of American art, the Moderna Museet, and values of the Swedish society. People mentioned include Pontus Hulten, Olle Granath, Knud Jensen, Hjort Oystein. See Internal Note for order of recordings.
Creator: B., Mats, 1951-2009
Forms part of: Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Mats B. and Hayden Herrera. Interview with Mats B. and Interview with Lars Nittve, 1984 October 18. 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: 24821