Parkinson, Elizabeth Bliss, 1907-2001
Collector, Art patron
Size: 97 Pages Transcript
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hrs., 23 min.
Summary: Interview of Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson conducted 1970 Nov. 30-Dec. 17, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson (1907-2001) was an art collector and patron from New York, N.Y.
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Elizabeth Bliss Parkinson, 1970 Nov. 30-Dec. 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
