Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Anni Albers

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.albersa68
Creators:
Albers, Anni
Fesci, Sevim
Dates:
1968 July 5
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
20 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Anni Albers conducted 1968 July 5, by Sevim Fesci, for the Archives of American Art, in New Haven, Connecticut.
Scope and Contents
Albers speaks of her educational background; Paul Klee as a teacher; color in weaving; techniques and materials; Peruvian and European textiles; her "sound-absorbing" textile designed for the Bauhaus auditorium; and her weaving workshop at Black Mountain College. She reminisces about the Bauhaus in the 1920s.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a weaver from New Haven, Connecticut.

Administration

Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is 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.

Digital Content


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General

General
Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 40 min.


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