Query: *
Archival Materials
Interview with Edith Carson
Creators:
Carson, Edith
Hopps, Walter
Hopps, Walter
Dates:
1976 Oct. 19
Size:
2 Items (sound cassettes)
Collection ID:
AAA.carsedit
Repository:
Archives of American Art
An interview of Edith Carson conducted 1968 Jan. 10 by Walter Hopps regarding her husband Mark Rothko. Carson speaks of her family background; meeting Mark Rothko at Lake George, New York in 1932; their 13 year marriage; their early friends; his admiration for Milton Avery; Rothko's interest in tragedy and his "tremendous emotional capacity …