Oral history interview with Robert Ryman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ryman, Robert, 1930-2019
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) -- Employees
label: Names
content: New York Public Library -- Employees
label: Names
content: Flavin, Dan, 1933-
label: Names
content: LeWitt, Sol, 1928-2007
label: Names
content: Lippard, Lucy R.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Musicians -- United States
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ryman, Robert, 1930-2019
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Ryman (1930-2019 ) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 October 13-November 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ryman72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3949 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Ryman conducted 1972 October 13-November 7, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ryman speaks of his early career as a Jazz musician and transition to painting in the early 1950's, after moving to New York City. He recalls working as a guard for the Museum of Modern Art and as a page for the New York Public Library, where he encountered such artists and curators as Dan Flavin, Sol Lewitt, and Betsy Jones. Ryman elaborates on his development as a painter; experimentation with lithograph printmaking; his work methods; group shows at the Tenth Street Galleries; solo shows in Europe and New York, including The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; his marriage to art critic Lucy Lippard.