Oral history interview with Irwin Hollander
name: label: Interviewee
content: Hollander, Irwin
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Tamarind Lithography Workshop
label: Names
content: Callahan, Harry M.
label: Names
content: Francis, Sam, 1923-1994
label: Names
content: Genis, Fred, 1934-
label: Names
content: Wayne, June, 1918-2011
topic: label: Topic
content: Prints -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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: Hollander, Irwin
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Irwin Hollander (1927-) was a printmaker from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording (1 hour), 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 32 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 June 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hollan70
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 Irwin Hollander conducted 1970 June 19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Hollander speaks of his family background and education; attending the Brooklyn Museum School of Art; travels in Mexico; the Arts Students League; his woodcuts and book illustrations; joining the Tamarind Lithography Workshop staff as a printer and technical director; starting his own workshop and lithography studio; artists using his presses; his partnership with Fred Genis; new techniques in printmaking; the advantages of the hand press. He recalls June Wayne, Sam Francis and John Cage.