Item Information
Title: Interview with Alma Perry and Wendy Gitler
Date: 1995 June 1
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette (microcassette) ; 1 hr., 2 sec.
Description: Recording has hum, background noise and low level of sound. Side 02 is blank. Hayden Herrera interviews Wendy Gitler and Alma Perry. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include all three women's family histories, their parents and their life events and socializing in the art circles in the 1920s and 1930s. Gitler's mother Esther and Perry's mother Blanche were sisters, née Becker. Herrera's mother Elizabeth Cornell Blair and Arshile Gorky had an affair. Numerous people mentioned include John Charles Phillips.
Creator: Perry, Alma
Forms part of: Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006, bulk 1984-1997
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Alma Perry and Hayden Herrera. Interview with Alma Perry and Wendy Gitler, 1995 June 1. Hayden Herrera papers, 1926-2006. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 25063