Mr. A. Elzas interviewed by Rufus [?] Stillman (and Constance Breuer) concerning the construction of the De Bijenkorf Department Store and Garage in Rotterdam, The Netherlands
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Breuer, Marcel, 1902-
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content: Marcel Breuer papers
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content: Marcel Breuer papers / Series 4: Interviews / 4.2: Audiocassettes
unitdate: label: Date
content: September 11, 1983
container: label: Container
content: Box 7, Reel unfilmed, Frame unfilmed
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: (2 tapes, approximately 90 minutes, side 2 of Tape 2 is blank. Tape 1: Elzas recounts the history of the building of the De Bijenkorf Store, including recollections of Breuer and G. Van der Wal, with brief references to their reaction to the assassination of John F. Kennedy; Tape 2: Elzas discusses the Van Leer office building in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, and mentions the circus; he discusses Naum Gabo's sculpture and briefly refers to Alexander Calder's work; there is also a description of a trip to Greece with Breuer and I. M. Pei and a discussion of the Flaine Ski Resort Town)