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Oral history interviews of artists conducted by Susan C. Larsen, 1973-1978

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Series 1: Interviews, 1973-1978
0.4 Linear feet
Box 1-2

The majority of the interviews were conducted by Susan Larsen in preparation for her dissertation, "The American Abstract Artists Group: A History and Evaluation of Its Impact Upon American Art, 1936-1974" at Northwestern University in 1975. Interviews on this topic include Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, Ilya Bolotowsky, George McNeil, Ruth Vollmer, Balcomb Greene, and Vaclav Vytlacil. Also included are an interview with Charles Carpenter, executor of the Charles Greene Shaw estate; an interview conducted by Sandra Kraskin, at the request of Larsen, with Willem and Elaine de Kooning regarding the Albert Eugene Gallatin Collection and its impact upon artists in the 1930s and 1940s; and an interview with Richard Diebenkorn. These interviews were not used in Larsen's dissertation. The sound quality of the Diebenkorn interview is extremely poor.
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Rosalind Bengelsdorf Browne, 1973 January 7
2 Sound cassettes
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1
1-2
Ilya Bolotowsky, 1973 January 29
2 Sound cassettes
1
1
3-4
Ruth Vollmer, 1973 January 30
2 Sound cassettes
Includes transcript.
1
1
5-6
Vaclav Vytlacil, 1974 January 10
2 Sound cassettes
1
2
1-2
George McNeil, 1974 January 12
1 Sound cassette
1
2
3
Charles Carpenter, 1976 September 8
1 Sound tape reel
1
2
4
Willem and Elaine de Kooning, circa 1978
1 Sound cassette
1
2
5
Balcomb Greene, undated
2 Sound cassettes
1
2
6-7
Richard Diebenkorn, 1977, May 24-June 2
5 Sound cassettes
Includes transcript.
2

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