Oral history interview with Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 17 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Spafford, Michael, 1935-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Sandvig, Elizabeth, 1937-
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Muralists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Mural painting and decoration, American -- Washington (State)
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: Spafford, Michael, 1935-
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Sandvig, Elizabeth, 1937-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Michael Spafford (1935- ) is a painter and sculptor from Seattle, Washington. Spafford married painter and sculptor Elizabeth Sandvig in 1959.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 99 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1992 September 2-4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.spaffo92
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 available on line
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Michael Spafford and Elizabeth Sandvig conducted 1992 September 2-4, by Paul Karlstrom, at their home in Seattle, Washington, for the Archives of American Art. Spafford and Sandvig discuss their marriage and their separate careers, and the controversy and trial resulting from Spafford's "Labors of Hercules" murals at the Washington State Capital Assembly Chamber in Olympia.