David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists, 1989-1998

Object Details

Place of publication, production, or execution: United States
Physical Description: 1.2 Linear feet
Arrangement: Due to the small size of this collection the sound recordings are arranged as one series.
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Summary: The David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1989 to 1998. Found here are 24 interviews conducted by McCarthy as part of his research for his PhD dissertation, "Comprised positions: situations for the nude in American painting, 1955-1980" (1992), as well as one interview of Ed Ruscha concerning H. C. Westermann.
Citation: David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists, 1989-1998. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding: The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.
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Biography Note: David McCarthy (1960-) is an art history professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his BA from Gettysburg University, and his PhD from University of Delaware. He has written several journal articles, contributed chapters to edited volumes, and has published three books: The Nude in American Painting, 1950-1980 (1998), H. C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America (2004), and American Artists Against War, 1935-2010 (2015).
Language Note: English .
Provenance: Donated in 2015 by David McCarthy.
Location Note: Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Data Source: Archives of American Art

Record number: (DSI-AAA_CollID)16235; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)370268; AAA_collcode_mccadavi

Creator: McCarthy, David, 1960-

Type: Interviews; Sound recordings

Theme: Research and writing about art

Theme: Research and writing about art

Record ID: AAADCD_coll_370268

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