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Oral history interview with Paul Manship, 1959 February 18

Catalog Data

Interviewee:
Manship, Paul Howard, 1885-1966  Search this
Interviewer:
Morse, John D., 1906-  Search this
Subject:
Borglum, Solon Hannibal  Search this
Federal Art Project  Search this
Rockefeller Center  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
13 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Sound has been lost on tape reels; reels discarded.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
Summary:
An interview of Paul Manship conducted by John Morse for the Archives of American Art. Manship speaks of his training under Solon Borglum, his interest in Greek mythology and the influence of early Greek sculpture on his work, his views on the Federal Art Project, art and nature and modern distortion, the nature of design and the learning process, and abstract art. He discusses his "Prometheus" sculpture at Rockefeller Center.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Paul Manship, 1959 February 18. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4210 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
Biography Note:
Paul Manship (1885-1966) was a sculptor in New York, New York.
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:
Art, Abstract  Search this
Mythology, Greek  Search this
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11760
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212619
AAA_collcode_manshi59
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212619