Art historian : Julius S. Held : oral history transcript / interviewed by Taina Rikala de Noriega. Completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1994.

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Art historian : Julius S. Held : oral history transcript / interviewed by Taina Rikala de Noriega. Completed under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, and the Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities, 1994.

Held discusses his childhood in Germany and education at the University of Freiburg; work at the Staatliche Museum; cultural life of Berlin in the 1920s; politics in Germany during the 20s and '30s; departure from Germany in 1933 and arrival in New York; teaching at Barnard, New York University, visiting lectureships; his art collection and sale to the National Gallery; research interests and trends in art scholarship and interest in connoisseurship.

Transcript: 1 v. (xi, 312 leaves) : port. ; 29 cm.

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