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Nam June Paik: Portrait of the Electronic Artist

Author
Victor Ancona
Publication
Videography
Publisher
United Business Publications
Date
July 1976
Place
New York, NY
Volume
1
Issue
4
Subjects
Texts by Author
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ETC0036

https://archive.org/details/ETC0036

https://cdn.experimentaltvcenter.org/vhp/sites/default/files/history/pdf/anconapaik_36.pdf

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Victor Ancona. Nam June Paik: Portrait of the Electronic Artist. Videography. vol. 1, no. 4. United Business Publications. July 1976.

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