Slide 28
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"In 1950 Smith received a Guggenheim grant to
complete an abstract film, which enabled him first
to visit and later move to New York City.[10] He
arranged for his collections, including his records,
to be shipped to the East Coast. He said that "one
reason he moved to New York was to study the
Cabala. And, 'I wanted to hear Thelonious Monk
play'."[11]"