Oral history interview with Rhys Caparn

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Oral history interview with Rhys Caparn

1983 November 23

An interview of Rhys Caparn conducted 1983 November 23, by Tom Wolf, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes : analog.Transcript: 46 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7947149

Archives of American Art

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