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Interviewee:
Wood, Beatrice  Search this
Interviewer:
Karlstrom, Paul J.  Search this
Names:
Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project  Search this
Natzler, Gertrud  Search this
Natzler, Otto  Search this
Extent:
48 Pages (Transcript)
1 Item (sound file (4 min. 18 sec.) Audio excerpt, digital)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1992 March 2
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Beatrice Wood conducted 1992 March 2, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, Women in the Arts in Southern California Oral History Project.
Wood speaks of her memories of Gertrud & Otto Natzler and getting involved with ceramics; the future of art in America; and women in art.
Biographical / Historical:
Beatrice Wood (1893-1998) was a ceramist from Ojai, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 21 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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Margery and Harry Kahn Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund of New York.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Occupation:
Ceramicists -- California  Search this
Topic:
Ceramics  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Women ceramicists  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.wood92
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9f21a82e4-b45e-4066-b241-2d64a5c7d463
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-wood92