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Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
15 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 31 min.
Summary:
An interview of James W. Washington, Jr. conducted 1965 October 13, by Dorothy Bestor, for the Archives of American Art.
Washington discusses his participation in the Mississippi Art Project, the effect it had on his career, and government sponsorship of the arts in general. He recalls segregation in the Mississippi art world.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with James W. Washington Jr, 1965 October 13. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
James W. Washington Jr. (1911-2000) was a painter and sculptor from Seattle, Washington.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
Conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
