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Oral history, 1994.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122456775

Selz gives a brief overview of his life and early professional career before joining The Museum of Modern Art staff in 1958. Selz discusses exhibitions he mounted, developments in the Department of Painting and Sculpture and the Museum as a whole during his tenure, and offers insights into various Museum personalities, including Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and Rene d'Harnoncourt.

1 transcript (110 p.)3 sound cassettes.

Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library

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