Item Information
Title: Interview with Wolfgang Hahn
Date: 1984 October 23
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 1 hr., 10 min., 6 sec.
Description: Recording stops and starts. Portions of discussion are difficult to follow due to muffled voices and separate conversation in the background. Hayden Herrera interviews Wolfgang Hahn. Hahn's German answers are interpreted into English and commented upon by an unnamed male interpreter. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Hahn's access and exposure to, and German attitudes toward modern and contemporary art, German expressionism, cubism and other art movements before, during and after World War II, Nazism, German art collectors. Numerous artists and other people mentioned include Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Peter Ludwig, Jackson Pollock.
Creator: Hahn, Wolfgang, 1924-1987
Forms part of: Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Wolfgang Hahn and Hayden Herrera. Interview with Wolfgang Hahn, 1984 October 23. 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: 24794