Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Serge Chermayeff

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.cherserg
Creators:
Chermayeff, Serge, 1900-
Blum, Betty
Dates:
1985 May 23-24
Languages:
Undetermined
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Physical Description:
126 Pages
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Transcript of an interview with Serge Chermayeff conducted May 23-24, 1985 by Betty J. Blum at Chermayeff's home in Wellfleet, Mass. The interview was conducted for the Chicago Architects Oral History Project, under the auspices of the Art Institue of Chicago's Department of Architecture. Included with the transcript is a preface, index, and selected bibliography. The focus of the interview is Chermayeff's tenure (1946-1951) as president and director of the Institute of Design (formerly New Bauhaus) in Chicago.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Architect, educator.

Administration

Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 1998 by the Art Institute of Chicago via Jack Perry Brown.

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