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Oral history interview with William Nelson Copley, 1968 January 30

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Interviewee:
Copley, William Nelson, 1919-1996  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
48 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 37 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of William Nelson Copley conducted 1968 January 30, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with William Nelson Copley, 1968 January 30. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
William Nelson Copley (1919-1996) was a painter from New York, New York.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12646
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212595
AAA_collcode_copley68
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212595