Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists
name: label: Creator
content: Brooklyn Museum
label: Names
content: Listening to pictures (1968-1973: Brooklyn Museum)
label: Names
content: Anderson, Lennart, 1928-2015
label: Names
content: Antonakos, Stephen, 1926-2013
label: Names
content: Arisman, Marshall
label: Names
content: Barker, Walter
label: Names
content: Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
label: Names
content: Bauermeister, Mary, 1934-
label: Names
content: Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975
label: Names
content: Bishop, Isabel, 1902-1988
label: Names
content: Brackman, Robert, 1898-
label: Names
content: Butchkes, Sydney, 1922-
label: Names
content: Casarella, Edmond, 1920-1996
label: Names
content: Constant, George
label: Names
content: Dash, Robert
label: Names
content: De Creeft, José, 1884-1982
label: Names
content: Dombek, Blanche, 1914-
label: Names
content: Doyle, Tom, 1928-
label: Names
content: Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984
label: Names
content: Estern, Neil, 1926-
label: Names
content: Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973
label: Names
content: Frankenthaler, Helen, 1928-2011
label: Names
content: Freilicher, Jane, 1924-2014
label: Names
content: Goldin, Leon, 1923-
label: Names
content: Goodman, Sidney
label: Names
content: Graziani, Sante, 1920-
label: Names
content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
label: Names
content: Grillo, John, 1917-
label: Names
content: Gropper, William, 1897-1977
label: Names
content: Gross, Chaim, 1904-1991
label: Names
content: Gussow, Roy, 1918-2011
label: Names
content: Gwathmey, Robert, 1903-1988
label: Names
content: Hartigan, Grace
label: Names
content: Hopper, Edward, 1882-1967
label: Interviewer
content: Jacobowitz, Arlene
label: Names
content: Jaffe, Nora
label: Names
content: Jenkins, Paul, 1923-2012
label: Names
content: Kawabata, Minoru, 1911-
label: Names
content: Kienbusch, William, 1914-1980
label: Names
content: Knaths, Karl, 1891-1971
label: Names
content: Koch, John, 1909-1978
label: Names
content: Kosama, Yayoi
label: Names
content: Lam, Jennett, 1911-
label: Names
content: Lang, Steven, 1944-1971
label: Names
content: Laurent, Robert, 1890-1970
label: Names
content: Lawrence, Jacob, 1917-2000
label: Names
content: Levine, Jack, 1915-2010
label: Names
content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
label: Names
content: Lipton, Seymour, 1903-1986
label: Names
content: Margo, Boris, 1902-1995
label: Names
content: Meyer, Ursula, 1915-
label: Names
content: Moller, Hans, 1905-
label: Names
content: Murch, Walter
label: Names
content: Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988)
label: Names
content: Odate, Toshio
label: Names
content: Offner, Elliot
label: Names
content: Ohlson, Douglas Dean, 1936-
label: Names
content: Okada, Kenzo, 1902-1982
label: Names
content: Palmer, Amanda, 1931-
label: Names
content: Pereira, I. Rice (Irene Rice), 1902-1971
label: Names
content: Peterdi, Gabor
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
label: Names
content: Richards, Bill, 1936-
label: Names
content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
label: Names
content: Sanchez, Emilio, 1921-1999
label: Names
content: Schrag, Karl
label: Names
content: Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
label: Names
content: Sheeler, Charles, 1883-1965
label: Names
content: Sopher, Aaron, 1905-1972
label: Names
content: Soyer, Moses, 1899-1974
label: Names
content: Soyer, Raphael, 1899-1987
label: Names
content: Thon, William, 1906-2000
label: Names
content: Weinberg, Albert
label: Names
content: Zorach, Marguerite, 1887-1968
label: Names
content: Zorach, William, 1887-1966
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists -- United States -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Exhibitions
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This collection was donated to the Archives of American Art by Dierdre Lawrence of the Brooklyn Museum in 1989.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brooklyn Museum
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content: Brooklyn Museum interviews of artists
abstract: label: Summary
content: Interviews of 72 artists, and transcripts for all but five, conducted by Arlene Jacobowitz, the Associate Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum, between 1965 and 1968. The artists discuss their work in the museum collection. Also included are 38 edited excerpts of the interviews, approximately 2-3 min. in length, used as "audio-labels" in the 1968 "Listening to Pictures" installation at the museum.
bioghist: label: Historical Note
content: The interview program at the Brooklyn Museum was begun by Arlene Jacobowitz in the spring of 1965 with artists whose works were on exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum. In 1968, excerpts from the interviews were incorporated into an exhibition entitled "Listening to Pictures," in which visitors could access the sound recordings using headphones while standing before the painting being discussed. The exhibition opened April 28, 1968, and was gradually disassembled, 1971-1973.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1965-1968
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.broomuse
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Transcripts
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged as a single series:

Series 1: Interviews, 1965-1968 (Box 1-7; 7 lin. ft.)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The sound recordings in this collection were preserved in digital format in 2009, at which time the metal cans in which the reels had been housed were discarded and replaced with archival plastic cans. The entire collection was re-housed, arranged, and described in 2010 by Megan McShea.
altformavail: label: Alternative Forms Available
content: All of the sound recordings in this collection were digitized for preservation and research access in 2009 and are available at the Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Transcripts
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
originalsloc: label: Location of Originals
content: Almost all of the transcripts in this collection are photocopies. Original transcripts can be found in the Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Content Note
content: Interviews of 72 artists, and transcripts for all but five, conducted by Arlene Jacobowitz, the Associate Curator for the Department of Painting and Sculpture, between 1965 and 1968. The artists discuss their work in the museum collection. Also included are 38 edited excerpts of the interviews, approximately 2-3 min. in length, used as "audio-labels" in the 1968 "Listening to Pictures" installation.

The artists interviewed are: Lennart Anderson, Stephen B. Antonakos, Marshall Arisman, Walter Barker, Leonard Baskin, Mary Bauermeister, Thomas Hart Benton, Isabel Bishop, Robert Brackman, Sydney Butchkes, Edmund Casarella, George Constant, Robert Warren Dash, Jose DeCreeft, Blanche Dombek, Tom Doyle, Jimmy Ernst, Neil Estern, Philip Evergood, Helen Frankenthaler, Jane Freilicher, Leon Goldin, Sidney Goodman, Sante Graziani, Balcomb Greene, John Grillo, William Gropper, Chaim Gross, Roy Gussow, Robert Gwathmey, Grace Hartigan, Edward Hopper, Nora Jaffe, Paul Jenkins, Minoru Kawabata, William Kienbusch, Karl Knaths, John Koch, Yayoi Kosama, Jennett Lam, Steven Lang, Robert Laurent, Jacob Lawrence, Jack Levine, Jacques Lipchitz, Seymour Lipton, Boris Margo, Ursula Meyer, Hans Moller, Walter Murch, Louise Nevelson, Toshio Odate, Elliot Offner, Douglas Ohlson, Kenzo Okada, Amanda Palmer, Irene Rice Pereira, Gabor Peterdi, Ad Reinhardt, Bill Richards, Larry Rivers, Emilio Sanchez, Karl Schrag, Ben Shahn, Charles Sheeler, Aaron Sopher, Moses Soyer, Raphael Soyer, William Thon, Albert Weinberg, and William and Marguerite Zorach.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Material
content: The Brooklyn Museum Archives houses the records of the Departments of European Painting and Sculpture, American Painting and Sculpture, Contemporary Art (1897-2005), which contain records relating to the work of Arlene Jacobowitz.