Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam

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Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam

1982 Aug. 13-20

An interview of Wallace Putnam conducted 1982 Aug. 13-20, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.

Sound recording: 2 cassettes : analog.Transcript: 36 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7102573

Archives of American Art

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Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project.

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Berman, Avis

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Avis Berman (1949- ) is an art historian from New York, N.Y. Berman is Katharine Kuh's executor. Kuh opened her own gallery in Chicago in the 1930s representing a variety of now well known artists. She is considered a pioneer for women in the field of art. From the description of Avis Berman research material on Katharine Kuh, 1939-2006. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 430380758 Art historian; New York, N.Y. Berman is Katharin...

Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970

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Russian-born American artist, Mark Rothko, is noted as one of the primary artists of Abstract Expressionism and color field painting. From the description of Mark Rothko manuscripts and sketchbook, circa 1935-1943. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 81257215 Mark Rothko was an American painter and draughtsman of Russian birth. Born Sept. 25, 1903, Dvinsk, Russia (now Daugavpils, Latvia). Died Feb. 25, 1970, New York. From the description of The artis...

Avery, Milton, 1885-1965

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Milton Avery (1885-1965) was a painter in New York, N.Y. Year of birth has always been given as 1893; however, both the federal census report of 1900 and February 18, 1892 election district records for the town of Albion indicate that the actual year of birth was 1885. From the description of Milton Avery papers, 1926-1982, bulk 1950-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123373514 Milton Avery (1885-1965) was born in Altmar, New York and ...

Putnam, Wallace, 1899-1989

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Wallace Putnam, b. 1899, Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Wallace Putnam, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007161 Painter, writer, lithographer, and draftsman; Yorktown Heights, N.Y. From the description of Wallace Putnam papers, 1914-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80506415 From the description of Wallace Putnam interview, 1982 Aug. 13-20. (U...