Oral history interview with Joan Agajanian Quinn
name: label: Interviewee
content: Quinn, Joan Agajanian, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Leddy, Annette
topic: label: Occupation
content: Collectors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Journalists -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: Women journalists
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Quinn, Joan Agajanian, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Leddy, Annette
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Joan Agajanian Quinn (1936- ) is a collector and journalist based in Beverly Hills, California. In addition to collecting a diverse range of artists in California and beyond, she has been the subject of dozens of portraits. She also produced and hosted a series of television shows about contemporary art and promoted the arts through other media appearances.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Annette Leddy (1953- ) is an art historian and writer based in Los Angeles, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Items (sound files (4 hrs., 1 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0358
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 November 15-21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.quinn23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Joan Agajanian Quinn conducted 2023 November 15, 20–21, by Annette C. Leddy for the Archives of American Art, at Quinn's home in Beverly Hills, California.