Oral history interview with Sally Michel Avery
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 38 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Avery, Sally
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Avery, Milton, 1885-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Avery, Sally
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sally Michel Avery (1902-2003) was a painter in her own right as well as the widow of painter Milton Avery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 58 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967 November 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.avery67
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/avery67.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sally Michel Avery conducted 1967 November 3, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.