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Interviewee:
Constantine, Mildred, 1913-2008  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Barr, Alfred H., Jr.  Search this
D'Harnoncourt, Rene  Search this
Drexler, Arthur  Search this
College Art Association of America  Search this
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
92 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav file. Duration is 4 hr., 5 min.
Summary:
An interview of Mildred Constantine conducted 1976 May 3-1976 August 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Constantine talks about her career at College Art Association and The Museum of Modern Art in New York between 1930 and the early 1970s. She talks about the early workings of MOMA and recalls Rene d'Harnoncourt, Alfred Barr, Arthur Drexler, and others.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Mildred Constantine, 1976 May 3-1976 August 26. 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:
Mildred Constantine (1916-2008) was an art historian from New York, New York.
Language Note:
English .
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 others.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Women museum curators  Search this
Women authors  Search this
Women art historians  Search this
Art, American  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12429
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212597
AAA_collcode_consta76
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212597