Oral history interview with Ed Weinstein
Portions of this collection are digitized

Summary

Oral history interview with Ed Weinstein, 1983 June 14, Transcript
Collection ID:
AAA.weinst83
Creators:
Weinstein, Ed
Shikler, Barbara
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
Dates:
1983 June 14
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
17 Pages
Transcript
Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
An interview of Ed Weinstein conducted 1983 June 14, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
Scope and Contents
Weinstein, Mark Rothko's first cousin, discusses family history, in particular his memories of Mark as a child and as a student at Yale.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Ed Weinstein is artist Mark Rothko's first cousin.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding was provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation. 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 was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, and Esteban Vicente. Each has been cataloged separately.
General
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr.; 22 min.
Digital Content

Oral history interview with Ed Weinstein, 1983 June 14, Transcript

(Sound Recording)

Oral history interview with Ed Weinstein, 1983 June 14, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970 Personal Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Repository Contact
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