Oral history interview with Gene Davis
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 26 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Davis, Gene, 1920-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- Washington (D.C.) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Davis, Gene, 1920-1985
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gene Davis (1920-1985) was a painter from Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 43 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 April 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.davis81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gene Davis conducted 1981 April 23, by Estill Curtis Pennington, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Davis speaks of his early career as a pulp writer and his subsequent painting activities including outdoor works, installations and micro-paintings.