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Oral history interview with Yvonne Jacquette

Archives of American Art

Object Details

Interviewee
Jacquette, Yvonne
Interviewer
Shikler, Barbara
Names
Alexander, Brooke
Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996
Burckhardt, Rudy, 1914-1999
Dewby, Edwin
Fish, Janet, 1938-
Grooms, Mimi Gross
Grooms, Red
Katz, Alex, 1927-
Mangold, Sylvia Plimack, 1938-
Occupation
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York
Topic
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York
Women artists
Women painters
Women printmakers
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral Hisotry 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. Funding for this interview provided by the Lannan Foundation.
Interviewee
Jacquette, Yvonne
Interviewer
Shikler, Barbara
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Lannan Foundation. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
Biographical / Historical
Yvonne Jacquette (1934-2023) was a New York City artist known for her aerial paintings.
Extent
6 Items (Sound recording, sound cassettes)
246 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1989 June 6-Dec. 13
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.jacque89
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Interviews
Sound recordings
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Genre/Form
Interviews
Sound recordings
Scope and Contents
An interview of Yvonne Jacquette conducted 1989 June 6-December 13, by Barbara Shikler for the Archives of American Art.
Jacquette discusses her family and childhood; attending RISD; her vision problems; early work experience drafting and designing fabric; the evolution of her subject matter; attaining aerial views; pivotal paintings, including her night paintings; techniques and media; time spent in Maine; travels to Japan; working in other mediums including printmaking and fresco; her interest in dance, filmmaking, and poetry; the changing art market; women in art, and Buddhist meditation. She recalls her husband, filmmaker Rudy Burckhardt. She also recalls Edwin Denby; Janet Fish; Sylvia Mangold; Lois Dodd; Jane Freilicher; Alex Katz; Brooke Alexander; Red and Mimi Grooms, and others.
Restrictions
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1596366040614-1596366040617-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9e575a906-9f41-4e9a-b140-acf9c4821232
Oral history interview with Yvonne Jacquette, 1989 June 6-Dec. 13, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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