Oral history interview with Adolf Dehn
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav file. Duration is 4 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
label: Names
content: Blanch, Arnold, 1896-1968
label: Names
content: Flannagan, John Bernard, 1895?-1942
label: Names
content: Gag, Wanda, 1893-1946
label: Names
content: Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952
topic: label: Topic
content: Lithographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Dehn, Adolf, 1895-1968
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Adolf Dehn (1895-1968) was a painter and lithographer in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 50 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1963 January 23-1964 February 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dehn63
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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: An interview of Adolf Dehn conducted by Dorothy Gees Seckler between 1963 January 23-1964 Febuary 29 for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Dehn speaks of his art training; military service; his drawings for "The Masses," "The Dian," "Playboy," "Broom," "Vanity Fair," and other publications; odd jobs; his European travels; his first wife, Mura Ziperovitch; the influence of Jules Pascin, George Grosz, and Mayan art upon his work; his use of batik, lithography, watercolor, crayon-wash, casein, and gouache; exhibitions as Weyhe Gallery in New York City; and Federal Art Projects. He recalls Arnold Blanch, John Flanagan, Wanda Hazel Gág, Boardman Robinson, and others.