Oral history interview with Aaron Siskind
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Siskind, Aaron
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Kline, Franz, 1910-1962
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Solomon, Joe
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
label: Names
content: Strand, Paul, 1890-1976
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Siskind, Aaron
label: Interviewer
content: Shikler, Barbara
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) was a photographer from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 September 28-October 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.siskin82
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 available on-line.
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content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Aaron Siskind conducted 1982 September 28-October 2, by Barbara Shikler, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Siskind recalls his childhood in New York and his early interest in poetry and later photography. He describes the evolution of his own work, the role of various influences upon his work, and the meanings that can be assigned to his work. He discusses the abstract expressionist elements of his photographs and recalls his involvement with painters, including Mark Rothko. He speaks of photographing Rothko's paintings, and describes Rothko's personality. He recalls Barney Newman, Adolph Gottlieb, Paul Strand, Franz Kline, Willem de Kooning, Joe Solomon, Robert Motherwell, Clyfford Still, and others.