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Thomas H. Garver research material on Bruce Conner and George Tooker

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Creator:
Garver, Thomas H.  Search this
Names:
Conner, Bruce, 1933-2008  Search this
Tooker, George, 1920-2011  Search this
Extent:
0.2 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Interviews
Sound recordings
Date:
1973-1974
Scope and Contents:
Five cassettes (60 min. each) of an interview of Connor conducted by Garver, Jan. 10 and April 17, 1974, accompanied by 80 slides of Connor's work (referenced by number during the interview). The Tooker material consists of three cassettes (90 min. each) of an interview conducted with Tooker, Sept. 11, 1973.
Biographical / Historical:
Curator; San Francisco, Calif. Conner is a filmmaker and printmaker; Tooker is a painter and printmaker.
Provenance:
Donated 1974 by Thomas H. Garver, who compiled the material in preparation for exhibitions of paintings by George Tooker, July -Sept. 1974, at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, and of drawings by Bruce Conner, October 1974-January 1975, at the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C., Research Center. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Topic:
Artists -- California -- Interviews  Search this
Art, American -- California  Search this
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.garvthom
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw97a0a7809-152c-4fe7-b61e-ca944d18fd6a
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-garvthom