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| title | Oral history interview with Ramón Cernuda, 1998 Mar. 28. | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Ramón Cernuda conducted by Juan A. Martínez 1998 Mar. 28 in Cernuda's office, Miami, Florida, for the Archives of American Art. Additional forms: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/cernud98.htm Bio / His Notes: Art collector; Miami, Fla. Born in Havana, Cuba. Cernuda began collecting art in 1973 while living in Puerto Rico, and then in ernest in the 1980s in Miami with his wife Nercys. Their collection concentrates on Cuban art from the 1920s to 1960s, which Cernuda calls "la Escuela de la Habana" (School of Havana). They also collect Cuban colonial art and contemporary Cuban American paintings. Cernuda served on the board of the Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture which, during his tenure, organized major exhibitions of Cuban modern masters. Language Note: Interview is in Spanish. |
| extent | Sound recording: 1 sound cassette : analog. Transcript: 38 p. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website. |
| record source | http://www.siris.si.edu/ |
| finding aid | Transcript online: http://sirismm.si.edu/siris/thbtrans.gif |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators. Funding for this interview provided by the Smithsonian Institution's Latino Pool Fund. |
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