Oral history interview with Philip Pavia
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 26 min.
label: General
content: An unrelated interview of Donald Judd (2/3/65) conducted by B. Hooten is also on this tape.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005
label: Interviewer
content: Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-1988
label: Names
content: Kline, Franz, 1910-1962
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Nakian, Reuben, 1897-1986
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Pavia, Philip, 1915-2005
label: Interviewer
content: Hooton, Bruce Duff, 1928-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Philip Pavia (1915-2005) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y. In 1948, Pavia founded the artists' group, the Club (also known as the Eighth St. Club), acted as treasurer, and organized it's Wednesday and Friday night panel discussions and lectures.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965 Jan. 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.pavia65
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
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 Philip Pavia conducted 1965 Jan. 19, by Bruce Hooton, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Pavia speaks of the group of artists who met nightly at the Waldorf cafeteria during and after the World War II years, including Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline and others; refugee artists who joined the group after the war; Dubuffet's influence; the Tenth Street group; the development of The Club; surrealism; the rise of abstract expressionism. He also recalls Robert Motherwell, Reuben Nakian and Stanley William Hayter.