Interview with Edith Carson
name: label: Interviewee
content: Carson, Edith
label: Interviewer
content: Hopps, Walter
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Jewelers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Transferred from the National Museum of American Art, 1985.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Carson, Edith
label: Interviewer
content: Hopps, Walter
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Edith (Sachar) Carson (1912-1981) was a jewelry designer, painter, and sculptor.  
She married the painter Mark Rothko in 1932; they divorced in 1945. She married George Carson in 1951.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 Oct. 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carsedit
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Edith Carson conducted 1968 Jan. 10 by Walter Hopps regarding her husband Mark Rothko. Carson speaks of her family background; meeting Mark Rothko at Lake George, New York in 1932; their 13 year marriage; their early friends; his admiration for Milton Avery; Rothko's interest in tragedy and his "tremendous emotional capacity for despair"; his visits to New York museums and 57th Street galleries; and his family background, early work and love of music.