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Oral history interview with Aaron Siskind

Archives of American Art

Oral history interview with Aaron Siskind, 1982 September 28-October 2, Transcript
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Object Details

sova.aaa.siskin82
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93b4bbb41-b11b-467e-93b5-df9352eb486d
General
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 7 min.
Interviewee
Siskind, Aaron
Interviewer
Shikler, Barbara
Creator
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
Names
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
Kline, Franz, 1910-1962
Motherwell, Robert
Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
Solomon, Joe
Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
Topic
Abstract expressionism
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
Interviewee
Siskind, Aaron
Interviewer
Shikler, Barbara
Creator
Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
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.
Biographical / Historical
Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was a photographer from New York, N.Y.
Extent
45 Pages (Transcript)
Date
1982 September 28-October 2
Archival Repository
Archives of American Art
Identifier
AAA.siskin82
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 Aaron Siskind conducted 1982 September 28-October 2, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
Siskind recalls his childhood in New York and his early interest in poetry and later photography. He describes the evolution of his own work, the role of various influences upon his work, and the meanings that can be assigned to his work. He discusses the abstract expressionist elements of his photographs and recalls his involvement with painters, including Mark Rothko. He speaks of photographing Rothko's paintings, and describes Rothko's personality. He recalls Barney Newman, Adolph Gottlieb, Paul Strand, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Joe Solomon, Robert Motherwell, Clyfford Still, and others.
Restrictions
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
AAA.siskin82
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw93b4bbb41-b11b-467e-93b5-df9352eb486d
AAA.siskin82
AAA
Record ID
ebl-1596380462186-1596380462188-0
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