Gund describes her interest in bringing more diversity to the board and staff of the MoMA and, through advocacy and direct funding, in bringing new work to MoMA. She describes the acquisition of Bed [1955] for the MoMA as well as her gift of Rhyme to the MoMA. She describes Rauschenberg's posthumous recognition and argues that the MoMA was late in acquiring Rauschenberg's work because it wasn’t "ea sy" art. Finally, she speaks to her relationships with Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns in addition to the connections that bind the two together stylistically. She compares the reception of Johns' and Rauschenberg's work as well as their influences on each other, particularly Rauschenberg's posthumous influence on recent works by Johns
Art--Collectors and collecting; Museum exhibits; Art, Modern; Gund, Agnes; Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008; Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.); P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; National Council on the Arts; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Format
oral histories
Genre
Interviews
Date
2015
Physical Description
27 pages
Note (Biographical)
Agnes Gund, born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1938, is a philanthropist, art patron and collector, and advocate for arts education and social justice. She is a founding trustee of the Agnes Gund Foundation, President Emerita and Life Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and Chairman of its International Council and Chair Emerita and board member of MoMA PS1. In 2011, she was nominated by President Obama as a member of the Board of Trustees of the National Council on the Arts. She has also served on the board of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
Note
Interviewed by Sara Sinclair on April 8, 2015
Note (Provenance)
Agnes Gund, Gift, transferred from Columbia Center for Oral History Research 2019
