Oral history interview with Peter and Riva Dechar
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dechar, Peter, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Dechar, Peter, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Peter Dechar (1942- ) is a painter in New York, New York. Interviewer Dorothy Seckler (1910-1994) was an art historian. Riva is Peter Dechar's spouse.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound cassette (analog)
label: Extent
content: 16 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1967 September 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dechar67
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
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 Peter and Riva Dechar conducted Septebmer 6, 1967, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.