Oral history interview with James Lesesne Wells
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 45 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Wells, James Lesesne (1902-1993)
label: Interviewer
content: Powell, Richard J., 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Reynolds, Jock
topic: label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Washington (D.C.)
label: Topic
content: African American printmakers
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American art -- African influences
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: Wells, James Lesesne (1902-1993)
label: Interviewer
content: Powell, Richard J., 1953-
label: Interviewer
content: Reynolds, Jock
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: James Lesesne Wells (1902-1993) was a printmaker from Washington, D.C.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (sound cassettes)
label: Extent
content: 30 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 November 16
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wells89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with James Lesesne Wells conducted 1989 November 16, by Jock Reynolds and Richard Powell, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Wells speaks of his early childhood in Atlanta, Georgia and Florida; his education; his interest in drawing; symbolic storytelling; mythological subject matter; and African influence.