Oral history interview with Marcia Marcus
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Marcus, Marcia, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Figurative painting, American
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: Marcus, Marcia, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marcia Marcus (1928-2025) was a figurative painter in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 206 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 Oct. 30-Nov. 3
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.marcus75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The original transcript was edited. In 2025 the Archives retranscribed the original audio and attempted to create a verbatim transcript. This interview was audited and edited by Alison DeRiemer.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Marcia Marcus conducted 1975 Oct. 30-Nov. 3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Marcus recalls her family, childhood and education at NYU; influences, process, materials, exhibitions, subject matter, including portaiture; New York art dealers; European travels; teaching career; performance art Happenings; artist gatherings at the Cedar Tavern in New York; working and living in Provincetown, Massachusetts; associations with Robert Gwathmey; Edwin Dickinson; Jack Tworkov; Willem de Kooning; Red Grooms; Lennart Anderson, among others.