Oral history interview with Scott Burton
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Burton, Scott, 1939-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
label: Names
content: Berkowitz, Leon, 1919-1987
label: Names
content: Louis, Morris, 1912-1962
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1959 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: Burton, Scott, 1939-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Kachur, Lewis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Scott Burton (1939-1989) was a sculptor from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 154 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 May 22-September 25
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.burton87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Scott Burton conducted 1987 May 22-September 25, by Lewis Kachur, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Burton speaks of his upbringing in Alabama and Washington, D.C.; working for "Art News"; and his early work, including performance pieces. He discusses furniture, public projects, Brancusi, Joseph Epstein, and Eric Gill. He recalls Morris Louis and Leon Berkowitz.