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Oral history interview with Lilian Swann Saarinen

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Lilian Swann Saarinen, 1979-1981, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.saarin79
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b7edb980-ec7f-474e-928b-5f9087ef79c0
General
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 40 min.
Audio quality varies greatly in this interview. Tape speed and volume are uneven.
Interviewee
Saarinen, Lilian Swann, 1912-1995
Interviewer
Brown, Robert F.
Names
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Archipenko, Alexander, 1887-1964
Warneke, Heinz (Heinrich), 1895-1983
Topic
Sculptors -- Interviews
Provenance
These interviews are 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 others.
Interviewee
Saarinen, Lilian Swann, 1912-1995
Interviewer
Brown, Robert F.
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
Lilian Swann Saarinen (1912-1995) was a sculptor from Cambridge, Mass.
Extent
93 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1979-1981
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.saarin79
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Existence and Location of Copies
Transcript available on line.
Genre/Form
Sound recordings
Interviews
Scope and Contents
An interview of Lilian Swann Saarinen conducted in three installments between 1979-1981, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art, in Cambridge, Mass.
Saarinen speaks of her childhood in New York; her training with Alexander Archipenko and Heinz Warneke; a ceramic relief for the Crow Island School, Winnetka, Ill.; ceramic and metal reliefs for architecture; the Cranbrook Academy of Art; her drawings and her sculpture.
Restrictions
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
AAA.saarin79
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b7edb980-ec7f-474e-928b-5f9087ef79c0
AAA.saarin79
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596308490631-1596308490632-0
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