David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists
name: label: Creator
content: McCarthy, David, 1960-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- Tennessee
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated in 2015 by David McCarthy.
creator: label: Creator
content: McCarthy, David, 1960-
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content: David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: The David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1989 to 1998. Found here are 24 interviews conducted by McCarthy as part of his research for his PhD dissertation, "Comprised positions: situations for the nude in American painting, 1955-1980" (1992), as well as one interview of Ed Ruscha concerning H. C. Westermann.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: David McCarthy (1960-) is an art history professor at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He received his BA from Gettysburg University, and his PhD from University of Delaware. He has written several journal articles, contributed chapters to edited volumes, and has published three books: The Nude in American Painting, 1950-1980 (1998), H. C. Westermann at War: Art and Manhood in Cold War America (2004), and American Artists Against War, 1935-2010 (2015).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mccadavi
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content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the small size of this collection the sound recordings are arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed and a finding aid was written by Christopher DeMairo in 2019.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The David McCarthy oral history interviews with artists measure 1.2 linear feet and date from 1989 to 1998. Found here are 24 interviews conducted by McCarthy as part of his research for his PhD dissertation, "Comprised positions: situations for the nude in American painting, 1955-1980" (1992), as well as one interview of Ed Ruscha concerning H. C. Westermann.