Oral history interview with Jack Tworkov
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 1 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tworkov, Jack
label: Interviewer
content: Silk, Gerald
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Tworkov, Jack
label: Interviewer
content: Silk, Gerald
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 May 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tworko81
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 online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Jack Tworkov conducted 1981 May 22, by Gerald Silk, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Tworkov speaks of his acquaintance with Mark Rothko, which grew closer just before Rothko's death, and he recounts running into him in the street the day of Rothko's death. He discusses the merit of the work of Barnett Newman and Newman's role among that group of artists. Tworkov finishes with a discussion of his own work and current trends in art.