Saulter, Leon, 1908-1986
Writer, Sculptor, Painter
Size: Transcript: 71 pages.
Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformated in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 19 min.
Summary: An interview of Leon Saulter conducted 1964 November 19, by Betty Hoag, for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Leon Saulter (1908-1986) was a sculptor in Los Angeles; Calif.
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Leon Saulter, 1964 November 19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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