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Oral history interview with Stanley Kunitz

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Stanley Kunitz, 1983 Dec. 8, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.kunitz83
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9daf9bc73-2dce-4e03-9559-f2946b8c5e2a
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 12 min.
Interviewee
Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
Interviewer
Berman, Avis
Creator
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
Names
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
Topic
Abstract expressionism
Provenance
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.
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, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
Interviewee
Kunitz, Stanley, 1905-2006
Interviewer
Berman, Avis
Creator
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
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.
Biographical / Historical
Stanley Kunitz (1905-2006) was a poet from New York, N.Y.
Extent
43 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1983 Dec. 8
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.kunitz83
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Stanley Kunitz conducted 1983 Dec. 8, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
Kunitz recalls meeting Mark Rothko in the early 1950s, his later friendship with him, and the changes he observed in Rothko's personality. He mentions their plans for a poetry and art collaboration, eventually abandoned, and describes Rothko's feelings for Russian literature. Kunitz relates anecdotes from their time in Provincetown, remarking on Rothko's dislike for nature and his feelings about religion. He speaks about particular Rothko works and Rothko's intentions for the Foundation.
AAA.kunitz83
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9daf9bc73-2dce-4e03-9559-f2946b8c5e2a
AAA.kunitz83
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596367847590-1596367847593-0
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