Oral history interview with Allan Kaprow
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kaprow, Allan
label: Interviewer
content: Roth, Moira
label: Names
content: Cage, John, 1912-1992
label: Names
content: Callahan, Harry M.
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Ono, Yōko
label: Names
content: Pollock, Jackson, 1912-1956
label: Names
content: Samaras, Lucas, 1936-
label: Names
content: Schapiro, Meyer, 1904-
label: Names
content: Segal, George, 1924-2000
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- California -- Los Angeles -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Happenings (Art)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Kaprow, Allan
label: Interviewer
content: Roth, Moira
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Allen Kaprow (1927-2006) was a painter and educator from Los Angeles, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Sound recording: 4 hrs. 11 mins. sound cassettes)
label: Extent
content: 63 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 Feb. 5-18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kaprow81
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 Allan Kaprow conducted 1981 Feb. 5-18, by Moira Roth, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Kaprow speaks of his family background and the early development of his interest in art; his education at New York University; meeting Meyer Schapiro; his friendship with George Segal; the development of his personal style and of his performance art and Happenings; his teaching career; his views on education; his personal philosophies.