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Interviewee:
Hancock, Walker Kirtland, 1901-1998  Search this
Interviewer:
Brown, Robert F.  Search this
Names:
American Academy in Rome -- Students  Search this
Grafly, Charles, 1862-1929  Search this
Manship, Paul, 1885-1966  Search this
Extent:
125 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Date:
1977 July 22-August 15
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Walker Hancock conducted 1977 July 22-August 25, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Hancock discusses his early education and studying with Charles Grafly at the American Academy in Rome; studying at the Pennsylvania Academy and later teaching there; early work with Lorado Taft; fellow sculptors; and sculptural commissions vs. freelance work.
Biographical / Historical:
Walker Kirtland Hancock (1901-1998) was a sculptor from Gloucester, Massachusettes. Hancock was born in 1901 in St. Louis, Missouri. He studied at Washington University for one year before moving on to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he studied under Charles Grafly. He taught at PAFA from 1929 to 1967.
General:
Originally recorded 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hr., 5 min.
Provenance:
This interview is 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 -- Massachusetts -- Gloucester -- Interviews  Search this
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Art criticism  Search this
Sculpture -- Technique  Search this
Function:
Art commissions
Genre/Form:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Identifier:
AAA.hancoc77
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw92815afe4-a4a5-44b2-9aae-bcdbc876d8de
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-hancoc77