Oral history interview with Manuel Neri
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 36 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Neri, Manuel, 1930-
label: Interviewer
content: Matteson, Lynn Robert
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- Interviews
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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Neri, Manuel, 1930-
label: Interviewer
content: Matteson, Lynn Robert
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Manuel Neri (1930- ) is a sculptor and educator living and working in Benecia, Calif. Neri taught at the California School of Fine Arts from 1959-1965 and at the University of California, Davis from 1965-1999. Neri is best known for his life size figurative sculptures.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (wav files (2 hrs., 36 min.), digital)
label: Extent
content: 68 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2008 May 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.neri08
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 Manuel Neri conducted 2008 May 6, by art historian Lynn Robert Matteson, for the Archives of American Art, at the artist's home and studio, in Benecia, Calif.