Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Saul Steinberg

Summary

Collection ID:
AAA.steinb71
Creators:
Steinberg, Saul
Glueck, Grace
Dates:
1971
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
17 Pages
Transcript
Repository:

Scope and Contents

Scope and Contents
Interview of Saul Steinberg conducted by Grace Glueck for the Archives of American Art.
Scope and Contents
Steinberg discusses his travels in Ethiopia and Kenya; early paintings in America; politics and art in the 1960s; pyramids and the masonic movement; his own mythology; painting and drawing techniques; and his writings.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical / Historical
Saul Steinberg (1914-1999) was a painter and cartoonist from New York, N.Y.

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' 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
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.


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