Oral history interview with Agnes Gund
name: label: Interviewee
content: Gund, Agnes, 1938-2025
label: Interviewer
content: Solomon, Deborah
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Philanthropists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women art collectors
label: Topic
content: Women art patrons
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: Gund, Agnes, 1938-2025
label: Interviewer
content: Solomon, Deborah
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Agnes Gund (1938-2025) was a philanthropist and art collector in New York. She was President Emerita and Life Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Chairman of its International Council, and she was co-founder of the Center for Curatorial Leadership. She founded Studio in a School in the 1970s and provided seed funding for the Art for Justice Fund, and she had a significant collection of modern and contemporary art as a patron.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Deborah Solomon (1957-) is an art critic and biographer based in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (sound files (6 hrs., 55 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on unknown device
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 July 1-October 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.gund24
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 Agnus Gund conducted 2024 July 1-October 6, by Deborah Solomon for the Archives of American Art, at Gund's home in New York, NY.­