Oral history interview with David Hare
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hare, David, 1917-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
label: Names
content: Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982
label: Names
content: Levy, Julien
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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: Hare, David, 1917-1992
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David Hare (1917-1992) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Sound cassettes (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 83 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 Jan. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hare68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original tape unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of David Hare conducted 1968 Jan. 17, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hare speaks of his background and education; his start in commercial and color photography; his early sculpture; his first exhibition in 1944 with Peggy Guggenheim; later shows with Sam Kootz and Julien Levy; materials and techniques; his philosophy; abstract expressionism versus surrealism. He discusses several contemporary artists, including Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, Frank Stella and Jackson Pollock.