Lynn Schmidt interviews with Isamu Noguchi and Tom Nakashima

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Lynn Schmidt interviews with Isamu Noguchi and Tom Nakashima

1980-1990

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The Lynn Schmidt interviews with Isamu Noguchi and Tom Nakashima measure 0.9 linear feet and date from 1980 to 1990. The collection consists of recorded interviews with Isamu Noguchi that were conducted 9 July and 5 August, 1980, in his studio (now the Noguchi Museum), in Long Island City, N.Y.; as well as interviews with Tom Nakashima, conducted 31 July 1989 to 10 March 1990. Schmidt, a former employee of the United States Information Agency, was assigned to interview Noguchi and write an article about him for the agency. The interviews with Tom Nakashima were completed as part of an exhibition in conjunction with the Washington Project for the Arts, which Schmidt curated. The catalog from this exhibition is also in the collection. Also found here is a radio interview with Nakashima on WPFW, Federal Communications Commission, Washington, D.C.

0.2 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6815000

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Nakashima, Tom, 1941-

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Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988

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Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988) was a sculptor from Long Island City, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1968 Apr. 22 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78996711 From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1973 Nov. 7-1973 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83401964 From the description of Oral history interview with Isamu Noguchi, 1973 Nov. 7-Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 779477625 ...

Schmidt, Lynn, 1949-

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Lynn Schmidt (1949- ) is an artist, author, and curator from Washington, D.C. Schmidt was born in Milwaukee, Wis. From the description of Lynn Schmidt interviews with Isamu Noguchi and Tom Nakashima, 1980-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123504147 ...