Matzkin, Meyer, 1880-1976
Sculptor, Painter
Size: Transcript: 18 p.
Format: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 21 min.
Summary: An interview of Meyer Matzkin conducted 1972 Apr. 24, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Meyer Matzkin (1880-1976) was a painter and a mural painter from Brookline, Mass.
This interview is part of the Archives' 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 Meyer Matzkin, 1972 Apr. 24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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