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Oral history interview with Elsa Rady

Archives of American Art

Object Details

General
Originally recorded on 4 memory cards as 11 digital sound files. Duration is 5 hr., 50 min.
Interviewee
Rady, Elsa, 1943-
Interviewer
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Creator
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Names
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Occupation
Ceramicists -- California -- Los Angeles
Topic
Women artists
Women ceramicists
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
Interviewee
Rady, Elsa, 1943-
Interviewer
Riedel, Mija, 1958-
Creator
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Sponsor
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America.
Biographical / Historical
Elsa Rady (1943- ) is a ceramist in Los Angeles, California. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a writer and independent scholar in San Francisco, California.
Extent
11 Items (Sound recording: 11 sound files (5 hr., 50 min.), digital, wav)
158 Pages (Transcript)
Date
2010 August 12-13
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.rady10
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available online.
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Elsa Rady conducted 2010 August 12 and 13, by Mija Riedel, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Rady's home and studio, in Los Angeles, California.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Related link
Record ID
ebl-1596376833021-1596376833023-0
Metadata Usage
CC0
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a9195b44-06a1-4a15-8057-73ca1281f218
View Oral history interview with Elsa Rady, 2010 August 12-13, Transcript
Oral history interview with Elsa Rady, 2010 August 12-13, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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