Oral history interview with Yvonne Jacquette
name: label: Interviewee
content: Jacquette, Yvonne
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Names
content: Alexander, Brooke
label: Names
content: Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996
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content: Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999
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content: Dewby, Edwin
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content: Fish, Janet, 1938-
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content: Grooms, Mimi Gross
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content: Grooms, Red
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content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
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content: Mangold, Sylvia Plimack, 1938-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
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content: Women artists
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content: Women painters
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content: Women printmakers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral Hisotry 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 provided by the Lannan Foundation.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Jacquette, Yvonne
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Yvonne Jacquette (1934-2023) was a New York City artist known for her aerial paintings.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Items (Sound recording, sound cassettes)
label: Extent
content: 246 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 June 6-Dec. 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.jacque89
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Yvonne Jacquette conducted 1989 June 6-December 13, by Barbara Shikler for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Jacquette discusses her family and childhood; attending RISD; her vision problems; early work experience drafting and designing fabric; the evolution of her subject matter; attaining aerial views; pivotal paintings, including her night paintings; techniques and media; time spent in Maine; travels to Japan; working in other mediums including printmaking and fresco; her interest in dance, filmmaking, and poetry; the changing art market; women in art, and Buddhist meditation. She recalls her husband, filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt. She also recalls Edwin Denby; Janet Fish; Sylvia Mangold; Lois Dodd; Jane Freilicher; Alex Katz; Brooke Alexander; Red and Mimi Grooms, and others.