Oral history interview with Perkins Harnly
name: label: Interviewee
content: Harnly, Perkins, 1901-1986
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
label: Interviewer
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Harnly, Perkins, 1901-1986
label: Interviewer
content: Pennington, Estill Curtis
label: Interviewer
content: Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Perkins Harnly (1901-1986) was a painter from Culver City, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (Sound recording)
label: Extent
content: 24 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 Oct. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.harnly81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
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: Interview of Harnly Perkins, conducted 1981 Oct. 15, by Estill Pennington for the Archives of American Art, at the National Museum of American Art, in Washington, D.C.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Harnly speaks of painting portraits of famous actors and documenting various interiors for the Index of American Design. He recalls working in a cafeteria and his respect for various artist, including Joseph Cornell and others.