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Interviewee:
Crane, Diana, 1946-  Search this
Interviewer:
Karlstrom, Paul J., 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Adams, Mark  Search this
Brown, William Theo  Search this
Cook, Gordon  Search this
Farr, Charles Griffin  Search this
Thiebaud, Wayne  Search this
Van Hoesen, Beth  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
33 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
Summary:
An interview of Diana Crane conducted 1983 April 12, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
Crane speaks of her background and education; the beginning of her career as an artist's model; her interests in filmmaking and serigraphy; her first teaching job; posing for Mark Adams, Beth Van Hoesen, Wayne Thiebaud, William Theoophilus Brown, Gordon Cook, and Charles Griffin Farr; erotic aspects of nude modeling; the effect of her work upon her personal life; her self-portraiture; her photographic work.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Diana Crane, 1983 April 12. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biography Note:
Diana Crane (1946-) is a photographer and artist's model from San Francisco, California.
Language Note:
English .
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 others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Nude in art  Search this
Women artists  Search this
Women photographers  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12972
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212308
AAA_collcode_crane83
Theme:
Photography
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212308