Oral history interview with Paul Manship
odd: label: General
content: Sound has been lost on tape reels; reels discarded.
name: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
label: Names
content: Federal Art Project
label: Names
content: Rockefeller Center
label: Names
content: Borglum, Solon Hannibal, 1868-1922
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract
label: Topic
content: Mythology, Greek
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
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 others.
creator: label: Creator
content: Manship, Paul, 1885-1966
label: Interviewer
content: Morse, John D., 1906-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Manship (1885-1966) was a sculptor in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1959 February 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.manshi59
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 4210 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Paul Manship conducted by John Morse for the Archives of American Art. Manship speaks of his training under Solon Borglum, his interest in Greek mythology and the influence of early Greek sculpture on his work, his views on the Federal Art Project, art and nature and modern distortion, the nature of design and the learning process, and abstract art. He discusses his "Prometheus" sculpture at Rockefeller Center.