Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Conrad Marca-Relli

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.marcar65
Creators:
Marca-Relli, Conrad, 1913-2000
Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
Dates:
1965 June 10
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
57 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
An interview of Conrad Marca-Relli conducted 1965 June 10, by Dorothy Seckler, for the Archives of American Art.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Conrad Marca-Relli (1913-2000) was a painter and collage artist; New York, N.Y. He was born in Boston, Mass. He taught at Yale University, University of California at Berkeley, and the New College in Sarasota, Fla. He was one of the artists that developed collage to a high art form. He died Aug. 28, 2000, at age 87.

Administration

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.

More Information

General

General
Originally recorded on 2 sound tapes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 36 min.
General
Sound quality is poor.


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