Oral history interview with Lee Bontecou

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Oral history interview with Lee Bontecou

2009 January 10

An interview of Lee Bontecou conducted 2009 January 10, by Dore Ashton, for the Archives of American Art, at Knoedler and Company, in New York, New York.

Sound recording, master: 3 sound discs (2 hr., 41 min.) digital; 2 5/8 in.Transcript 118 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7325362

Archives of American Art

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