Oral history interview with Constance Lebrun Crown and David Lebrun
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 32 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Crown, Constance Lebrun
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Lebrun, David
label: Names
content: Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
label: Names
content: Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
label: Names
content: Warshaw, Howard
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California
label: Topic
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: Italian American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Crown, Constance Lebrun
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Interviewee
content: Lebrun, David
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Constance Lebrun Crown (1916-2010) was the wife of the sculptor and painter Rico Lebrun (b. Naples, Italy, 1900, d. Malibu, California, 1964). David Lebrun is their son.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 64 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 November 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.crown74
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Constance Lebrun Crown and David Lebrun conducted 1974 November 23, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Constance Lebrun Crown and David Lebrun speak of  Rico Lebrun; living in Mexico, Los Angeles, and New Haven, and traveling to Italy. Both speak of Lebrun's work methods, and daily habits; subject matter that inspired him; his mural paintings; and images of suffering in Lebrun's work. They recall Howard Warshaw and Leonard Baskin.