Sperry, Robert, b. 1927 d. 1998
(Show Bio)Robert Sperry interview, 1983 Aug. 11
Sound recordings: 3 sound cassettes.
Transcript: 75 p. (on one microfilm reel)
Reel(s): 3594
An interview of Robert Sperry conducted by LaMar Harrington for the Archives of American Art's Northwest Oral History Project. Sperry speaks of his family background; his army service; his education; his early career in ceramics; the Oriental influence in his work; folk art; his contemporaries in ceramics; and his current plans. He recalls Peter Voulkos.
Location of Originals: Transcript also available at the University of Washington, Manuscripts Collection, and at the Oregon Historical Society.
This interview is part of the Archives' Northwest Oral History Project, begun in 1982 to document the Northwest artistic community through interviews with painters, sculptors, craftsmen, educators, curators, and others, in Oregon, Washington and Montana.
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- Transcript: microfilm reel 3594 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
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