Oral history interview with Herman Cherry
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 47 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Cherry, Herman
label: Interviewer
content: Tully, Judd
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Lannan Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Cherry, Herman
label: Interviewer
content: Tully, Judd
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Herman Cherry (1909-1992) was a painter from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 154 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 May 8-1992 March 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.cherry89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Herman Cherry conducted 1989 May 8-1992 March 19, by Judd Tully for the Archives of American Art. Cherry discusses his childhood; studies in California and New York; involvement with The Club, and his friendships with various artists including Stanton Macdonald-Wright, Thomas Hart Benton, Philip Guston, Fletcher Martin, Reuben Kadish, Lorser Feitelson, David Smith, Willem de Kooning and Clyfford Still.