Oral history interview with Patty Mucha
name: label: Interviewee
content: Mucha, Patty, 1935-
label: Interviewer
content: Lobel, Michael
topic: label: Occupation
content: Poets
label: Occupation
content: Artists -- Vermont
label: Topic
content: Women poets
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Happenings (Art)
label: Topic
content: Pop art
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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Mucha, Patty, 1935-
label: Interviewer
content: Lobel, Michael
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Patty Mucha (Patricia Muschinski) (1935-) is a poet, writer, and artist in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. From 1960-1970 she was married to Claes Oldenburg; she was a collaborator on almost all of his soft sculptures. Mucha also played an essential role in the Pop Art and Happenings scenes.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Michael Lobel is an art historian in New York, NY. He is a professor of Art History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, the City University of New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 13 Items (sound files (3 hrs., 8 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 72 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0353
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 May 10
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mucha24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Patty Mucha conducted 2024 May 10, by Michael Lobel for the Archives of American Art, at Mucha's home in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.­