Oral history interview with Saul Steinberg
Summary
(Sound Recording)
Oral history interview with Saul Steinberg, 1971, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
- Collection ID:
- AAA.steinb71
- Creators:
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Steinberg, SaulGlueck, Grace
- Dates:
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1971
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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17 PagesTranscript
- 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.
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 34 min.
Digital Content
More Information
Keywords
| Keyword Terms | Keyword Types | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, American | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- History -- New York (State) -- New York | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Caricatures and cartoons | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Cartoonists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews | Occupation | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
| Interviews | Genre Form | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Repository Contact
Archives of American Art
750 9th Street, NW
Victor Building, Suite 2200
Washington, D.C. 20001
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