Oral history interview with Gordon Cook
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 59 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cook, Gordon
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Adams, Mark, 1925-2006
label: Names
content: Bischoff, Elmer, 1916-1991
label: Names
content: Brown, Joan, 1938-1990
label: Names
content: Brown, William Theo, 1919-2012
label: Names
content: Light, Alvin, 1931-
label: Names
content: Lloyd, George
label: Names
content: Neri, Manuel, 1930-
label: Names
content: Thiebaud, Wayne
label: Names
content: Van Hoesen, Beth, 1926-2010
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists' models -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Figurative art
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- San Francisco -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Artists' models -- San Francisco, California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Cook, Gordon
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gordon Cook (1927-1985) was a painter from San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 55 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 May 11-June 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cook81
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3197 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gordon Cook conducted 1981 May 11-1981 June 2, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Cook speaks of figurative art in California; his concern for the model's personality and expression; poses and props; interaction between the artist and the model; Patty Jordan as a model; professional and non-professional models. Cook also speaks of the San Francisco arts community and his association with Mark Adams, Elmer Nelson Bischoff, Joan Brown, William Theophilus Brown, Alvin Light, George Lloyd, Manuel Neri, Wayne Thiebaud, Beth Van Hoesen, and others.