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Archives of American Art
Interview with Michael and Magdalene Frimkess
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.millmagd
- Creators:
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Mills, MagdaleneFrimkess, Michael, 1937-
- Dates:
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2000 Feb. 27 - Apr. 30
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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6 Itemssound cassettes (9 hrs.)analog.
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This collection contains six (90 min.) audio tapes of interviews of Michael and Magdalena (Suarez) Frimkess conducted by Magdalene Mills on 2000 Feb. 27, Mar. 15, and April 23. Also included in this interview is Celia Frimkess (Michael's mother). Mills was studying ceramic sculptor Michael Frimkess for her MA thesis at California State University, Fullerton. The donated tapes are part of her research that came to include Magdalena Frimkess, as well as her better-known husband, Michael Frimkess.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Magdalene Mills is an actress and ceramist. Michael Frimkess (1937-) was a leading innovator of the California fine art clay movement that grew up around Peter Voulkos and his "pot shop" at Otis Art Institute in the late 1950s. He often collaborated with his wife, Magdalena Suarez Frimkess (1929-), a Venezuelan-born ceramist.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated 2001 by Magdalene Mills.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
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Keywords
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Ceramicists -- California -- Interviews | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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Pop art -- California | Style Period | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Latino and Latin American artists | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Frimkess, Celia | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Frimkess, Magdalena Suarez | Personal Name | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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