Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Lita Albuquerque

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.albuqu90
Creators:
Albuquerque, Lita
Clearwater, Bonnie, 1957-
Dates:
1990 July 9-19
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
156 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Lita Albuquerque conducted 1990 July 9-19, by Bonnie Clearwater, for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Albuquerque tells of her Sephardic, Turkish, and Spanish heritage; growing up in Carthage, Tunisia; arrival in the U.S. in 1957; art history studies at UCLA in the 1960s; early influence on her work of James Turrell, Eric Orr, Guy Dill, Larry Bell, and the Los Angeles Woman's Building; later influence of Zen meditation; travel in India; use of figures and abstract symbols in public commissions; second marriage to Carey Peck; teaching at the Art Center College of Design.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Lita Albuquerque (1946- ) is a painter from California.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.

Digital Content


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Conditions Governing Access
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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General

General
Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 8 min.


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