Oral history interview with Margaret M. Davies
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hr., 14 min.
label: General
content: Also present at the interview is Herbert Hoover, a friend and art dealer to Margaret Davies and Harold Chistopher Davies.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Davies, Margaret M.
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Davies, Harold C., 1891-1976
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
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: Davies, Margaret M.
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Margaret M. Davies (1900-1994) was the wife of the artist Harold Christopher Davies. She was born in Oakland, California, and received some medical school training. She worked as an assistant to her husband.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 March 13
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.davies78
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 of Margaret M. Davies conducted 1978 March 13, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Davies speaks of her husband, Harold Christopher Davies, his work from the time of their marriage in 1938 until his death in 1976; the "Easthampton years," 1957-1969; and Davies' contact with other artists, primarily Abstract Expressionist artists, including Franz Kline. Herbert Hoover, Davies' friend and art dealer is also present.