Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Susan Benay

Summary

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Susan Benay, 2000 November 30, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.benay00
Creators:
Benay, Susan, 1949-
Karlstrom, Paul J.
Dates:
2000 November 30
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
23 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Susan Benay conducted 2000 November 30, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Karlstrom's office, San Marino, California.
Scope and Contents
This interview focuses on Benay's brief career as a model in her late teens and early twenties, during which time she posed for most of the leading artists in the Los Angeles area. Benay recollects posing for prominent artists, including Richard Diebenkorn, Charles White, John Altoon, Sam Clayberger, Jirayr Zorthian, and physicist/artist Richard Feynman.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Susan Benay (1949- ) was an artists' model from San Marcos, California. Susan Benay (neé Brown) grew up in Pasadena where she took art classes at various schools and studied music with Ravi Shankar at Villa Cabrini.

Administration

Sponsor
Funding for the transcription provided by the Pasadena Art Alliance. 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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line.
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

(Electronic Resource)

Oral history interview with Susan Benay, 2000 November 30, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Susan Benay, 2000 November 30, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)

Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.

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