Interviews

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  • Ruth Bowman, 1970


    Leon Polk Smith interviewed by Ruth Bowman – Nov. 19, 1970, WNYC
    https://www.wnyc.org/story/leon-polk-smith/

  • Konstanze Chruwell-Doertenbach, 1987

    “A Conversation between Konstanze Chruwell-Doertenbach and Leon Polk Smith.” Nike (Munich), no. 19 (July/August/September 1987). Reprinted in 1989 Ludwigshafen-Grenoble, pages 103-109.

  • James Collins, 1987

    Typescript with annotations by Smith and Collins of an interview conducted in November 1987 between Smith and the artist and writer James Collins along with a related letter to Smith from Collins.

  • d’Arcy Hayman, 1964

    “A Conversation between Leon Polk Smith and d’Arcy Hayman: The Paintings of Leon Polk Smith.” Art and Literature (Lausanne) 3 (Autumn-Winter 1964): pages 82-103. Excerpted in Leon Polk Smith Musee de Grenoble/Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen, 1989. pages 100-102.

  • William F. Jeffett, 1985

    Annotated transcript and edited version of interview held on March 22, 1985 with the artist and Jeffett accompanied by a letter to Howard Smith, the editor of Issue, the publication for which the interview was made.

  • Brooke Kamin Rapaport, 1993

    Brooke Kamin Rapaport. Excerpt from “An Interview with Leon Polk Smith.” Leon Polk Smith: American Painter

  • Jean Nathan, 1992

    Interview: Leon Polk Smith by Jean Nathan
    VOIR le magazine des Arts, May 1992, pages 14-15
    *interview conducted in English, published in French, retranslated into English by Nathan, 2023