Oral history interview with Sarkis Sarkisian
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 25 min.
- Interviewee
- Sarkis, 1909-1977
- Interviewer
- Barrie, Dennis
- Occupation
- Painters -- Michigan -- Detroit -- Interviews
- Topic
- Art, American
- Provenance
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Sarkis, 1909-1977
- Interviewer
- Barrie, Dennis
- Biographical / Historical
- Sarkis Sarkisian (1909-1977) was a painter from Detroit, Mich.
- Extent
- 41 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1973 February 23-March 23
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.sarkis73
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Sarkis Sarkisian conducted 1973 February 23-March 23, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. Sarkisian speaks of his background and early life in Turkey, Armenia, and Greece; his early interest in art; coming to Detroit; teaching and establishing his art career there.
- Restrictions
- Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596312063163-1596312063165-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Sarkis Sarkisian, 1973 February 23-March 23, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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