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Title: Interview with Charlotte Park and Interview with B.H. Friedman
Date: 1996 March 7
Physical Details: 1 sound cassette ; 58 min., 11 sec.
Description: Side 01 recording has a frequent skipping effect that makes it challenging to follow the discussion. Piri Halasz interviews Charlotte Park. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Park's life, her marriage to James Brooks, his murals and other artwork, its subject matter and style and his work methods, abstract art, cubism. People mentioned include Philip Guston, Wallace Harrison, Jackson Pollock. Side 02 recording is Piri Halasz interviewing B. H. Friedman. Discussion revolves around Halasz's and Friedman's theories about abstract art and how most art considered to be abstract has imagery, either underlying or explicit. Also included is detailed discussion about Jackson Pollock and his paintings, and many abstract expressionist artists' interest in psychology. People mentioned include Francis O'Connor, Bill Ruben, Peggy Guggenheim, Lee Krasner.
Creator: Park, Charlotte, 1918-2010
Forms part of: Piri Halasz papers, circa 1950-2017
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Charlotte Park and Piri Halasz. Interview with Charlotte Park and Interview with B.H. Friedman, 1996 March 7. Piri Halasz papers, circa 1950-2017. 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: 24654