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Interviewee:
Hernmarck, Helena, 1941-  Search this
Interviewer:
McQuaid, Matilda, 1958-  Search this
Subject:
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Sound recordings
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Connecticut
Physical Description:
11 Items, Sound recording: 11 sound files (3 hr., 6 min.), digital, wav; 85 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 memory cards. Reformatted in 2010 as 11 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 6 min.
Access Note / Rights:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Summary:
An interview of Helena Hernmarck conducted 2010 July 28 and August 31, by Matilda McQuaid, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Hernmarck's home and studio, in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Helena Hernmarck, 2010 July 28- August 31. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript available online.
Funding:
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Biography Note:
Helena Hernmarck (1941-) is a tapestry artist in Ridgefield, Connecticut. Matilda McQuaid is deputy curatorial director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum 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 administrators.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women textile artists  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15876
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)295429
AAA_collcode_hernma10
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_295429