Oral history interview with Nancy Stevenson Graves
name: label: Interviewee
content: Graves, Nancy Stevenson, 1940-1995
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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: Graves, Nancy Stevenson, 1940-1995
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nancy Stevenson Graves (1940-1995) was a painter, sculptor, printmaker, and filmmaker from Massachusetts. Her work focused on natural and scientific phenomena. She was based in New York City.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 79 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Aug. 18-25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.graves72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 of Nancy Stevenson Graves conducted 1972 Aug. 18-25, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. She recalls growing up in Massachusetts; her education, including Vassar and Yale; her marriage to Richard Serra; extensive travels, including Florence and Morocco; her paintings, prints, films, sculptures, and installations, including the Camel series and lunar map series; her exhibitions, influences, research, materials, and process.