Interview with Enrico Donati
name: label: Interviewee
content: Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Temkin, Ann
label: Names
content: Philadelphia Museum of Art
label: Names
content: Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966
label: Names
content: Breton, André, 1896-1966
label: Names
content: Carone, Nicholas, 1917-2010
label: Names
content: De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-
label: Names
content: Duchamp, Marcel, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Ferren, John, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Hare, David, 1917-1992
label: Names
content: Levy, Julien
label: Names
content: Martins, Maria, 1900-1973
label: Names
content: Miró, Joan, 1893-
label: Names
content: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
label: Names
content: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
label: Names
content: Reynal, Jeanne, 1903-
label: Names
content: Richter, Hans, 1888-1976
label: Names
content: Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Surrealism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2000 by Ann Temkin.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Donati, Enrico, 1909-2008
label: Interviewer
content: Temkin, Ann
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Enrico Donati (1909-2008) was an Italian-American surrealist painter and object maker who lived in New York, N.Y. 

Ann Temkin (1959-) is a curator of modern and comtemporary art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 95 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1997 Jan. 7
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content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.donaenri
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Reproduction Note
content: Item is a transcript.
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content: Interviews
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Location of original sound recording unknown.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Transcript of an interview with Surrealist painter Enrico Donati conducted by Ann Temkin, 1997 Jan. 7 in preparation for an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Temkin interviewed the nonagenarian Donati, who reminiscences about his involvement with Marcel Duchamp and other artists, including André Breton, David Hare, Julien Levy, Arshile Gorky, Victor Brauner, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, John Ferren, Jeanne Reynal, Hans Richter, Giorgio di Chirico, Maria Martins, Eleanor Ward, Nicholas Carone, and Betty Parsons. The reminiscences are mostly anecdotal.