Oral history interview with James W. Washington, Jr
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 32 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Washington, James W., Jr. (1908-2000)
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Graves, Morris, 1910-2001
label: Names
content: Tobey, Mark
topic: label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Washington, James W., Jr. (1908-2000)
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James W. Washington (1911-2000) was a painter, sculptor of Seattle, Washington.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 9 Items (9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 32 min.)
label: Extent
content: 90 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 June 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.washin87
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 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: An interview of James W. Washington conducted 1987 June 29, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Washington discusses his early life in the South; effects of discrimination and the formation of a world view; art as the embodiment of spiritual truth; concept of the Absolute in art; role of the imagination; discovering form in material as basis of sculpture; training and contacts in Seattle; Mark Tobey and Morris Graves; role of Mexico in his shift to sculpture; and philosophy and its realization in sculpture.