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Summary:
Transcript of an interview with Surrealist painter Enrico Donati conducted by Ann Temkin, 1997 Jan. 7 in preparation for an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Temkin interviewed the nonagenarian Donati, who reminiscences about his involvement with Marcel Duchamp and other artists, including André Breton, David Hare, Julien Levy, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, John Ferren, Jeanne Reynal, Hans Richter, Giorgio di Chirico, Maria Martins, Eleanor Ward, Nicholas Carone, and Betty Parsons. The reminiscences are mostly anecdotal.
Citation:
Interview with Enrico Donati, 1997 Jan. 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Item is a transcript.
Location of Originals:
Location of original sound recording unknown.
Biography Note:
Enrico Donati (1909-2008) was an Italian-American surrealist painter and object maker who lived in New York, N.Y.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Donated 2000 by Ann Temkin.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this
