Oral history interview with Shirley Jaffe

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Oral history interview with Shirley Jaffe

2010 Sept. 27-28

An interview of Shirley Jaffe conducted 2010 Sept. 27 and 28, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Elizabeth Murray Oral History of Women in the Visual Arts project, at Jaffe's studio, in Paris, France.

Sound recording, master: 1 compact disc, 3 WMA files (4 hr., 28 min.) digital; 2 5/8 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8070366

Archives of American Art

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