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Interviewee:
Hadzi, Dimitri, 1921-2006  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Names:
Harvard University -- Faculty  Search this
Manzù, Giacomo, 1908-  Search this
Moore, Henry, 1898-1986  Search this
Extent:
1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
8 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
146 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Sound tape reels
Sound cassettes
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1981 Jan. 2-1990 Mar. 9
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Dimitri Hadzi conducted 1981 Jan. 2-1990 Mar. 9, by Robert Brown, in Cambridge, Mass., for the Archives of American Art.
Hadzi discusses his childhood; early training in chemistry; WW II service; attending Cooper Union; being awarded a Fulbright fellowship and traveling to Greece; living in Italy; exhibitions and sculpture commissions; teaching at Harvard University; Henry Moore, [Giacomo] Manzu, Lawrence Roberts; life in Rome in comparison to life in the United States; and thoughts on being an artist.
Biographical / Historical:
Dimitri Hadzi (1921-2006) was a sculptor from Boston, Mass.
Provenance:
These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Sculptors -- Italy -- Interviews  Search this
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.hadzi81
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9c7dc7cec-754a-4f9e-8383-4ec9d3401bae
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-hadzi81