Anne Summers interviewed by Humphrey McQueen [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 682503
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Summers, Anne, 1945-, interviewee
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 1982 Sept. 11
- 1 sound tape reel (ca. 47 min.) : analog.
- Summary:
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Summers speaks about the first time she met the artist Keith Looby; her reaction to the suggestion that he paint her portrait; she describes Looby's technique to painting her portrait using photographs and sketches that he made of her; she describes what the portrait looked like in the early stages and how it changed each session; her opinion as to why Looby painted McGuinness in the background of the painting; discusses certain aspects of Looby's works e.g. Looby using dolls as symbols in his work and also his habit of using ambiguous titles for his paintings.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on Sept. 11, 1982.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-195422955
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Timed summary and uncorrected transcript (typescript, 20 leaves) available.
- Subject:
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- Summers, Anne, 1945- -- Interviews
- Summers, Anne, 1945- -- Portraits
- Looby, Keith, 1940- -- Biography
- McGuinness, P. P. (Padraic Pearse), 1938-2008 -- Portraits
- Painters -- Australia -- Biography
- Drawing, Australian
- Drawing -- Australia
- Portrait painters -- Australia -- Biography
- Portrait painting -- Australia
- Other authors/contributors:
- McQueen, Humphrey, 1942-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2052 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Sound Recording
- Published status:
- Unpublished
- Creation date:
- 1982
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