Oral history interview with Alex Katz
name: label: Interviewee
content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Poor, Henry Varnum, 1887-1970
label: Names
content: Porter, Fairfield
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Collage
label: Topic
content: Illustration of books
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Katz, Alex, 1927-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alex Katz (1927-) is a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recordings: (2 hours), 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 69 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969 Oct. 20
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.katz69
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
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 Alex Katz conducted 1969 Oct. 20, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Katz speaks of his early education; his family's interest in art; his U.S. Navy service; his education at the Cooper Union School and at Skowhegan; styles and methods in painting; his work in collage, portraiture and book illustration; theater set design; teaching at Yale, Skowhegan and the Studio School; his interest in poetry; and his current painting style. He recalls Fairfield Porter and Henry Varnum Poor and reminisces about The Club and the Tenth Street group of artists.