Oral history interview with Nassos Daphnis
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 49 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Daphnis, Nassos, 1914-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: World War, 1939-1945
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Art -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Artists' materials
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: Creator
content: Daphnis, Nassos, 1914-2010
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nassos Daphnis (1914-2010) was a painter and sculptor in New York, New York. Daphnis was born in Greece.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 19 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1964 September 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.daphni64
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 on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/daphni64.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Nassos Daphnis conducted 1964 September 6 by Dorothy Seckler for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Daphnis speaks of influences and his work; residing in Provincetown, Mass; exhibitions; revisiting Greece; rejections from galleries; part-time jobs; and change of art style.