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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Carl Andre
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.andre72sep
- Creators:
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Andre, Carl, 1935-Cummings, Paul
- Dates:
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1972 September
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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68 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Interview of Carl Andre conducted 1972 September, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Andre speaks of his family and education at Phillips Andover Academy and Kenyon College and classes with Patrick and Maud Morgan. He discusses his interest in Brancusi; Ezra Pound as a critic of sculpture; the relationship between painting, sculpture, prose, and poetry; materials and methods including his "theory of masonry"; exhibitions at Hunter College, the Tibor de Nagy, Dwan, and Konrad Fisher Galleries; the appeal of Japanese art; artists' rights and art and language. He recalls his employment at the Boston Gear Works, Prentice-Hall Publishing Company, and the Pennsylvania Railroad and reminisces about Michael Chapman, Hollis Frampton, Agnes Bernice Martin, Frank Stella, Barbara E. Rose, and others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Carl Andre (1935-2024) was a sculptor from New York, New York.
Administration
Existence and Location of Copies
Use of this interview, with permission, requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives of American Art reading rooms.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These interviews are 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 others.
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Contact Archives Reference Services for information.
More Information
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 9 minutes.
Keywords
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