Oral history interview with Jennifer Bartlett
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 15 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Names
content: Mills College -- Students
label: Names
content: Yale University. School of Fine Arts -- Students
label: Names
content: Murray, Elizabeth, 1940-
label: Names
content: Serra, Richard, 1938-
label: Names
content: Tworkov, Jack
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Conceptual artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women educators
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Bartlett, Jennifer, 1941-
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jennifer Bartlett (1941-2022) was a painter, writer, and art instructor in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Cassettes (Sound recording: (5 hrs. 20 min.), analog.)
label: Extent
content: 67 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1987 June 18-September 28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bartle87
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cassettes
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 Jennifer Bartlett conducted 1987 June 18-September 28, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Bartlett discusses her family background and the dynamics within the family; her childhood interest in art; growing up in suburban Long Beach, California; attending Mills College and Yale School of Fine Arts; and her teachers and co-students there. She remembers in particular Elizabeth Murray, Jack Tworkov, and Richard Serra. She speaks about themes and intentions in her work, especially "Rhapsody" and various commissions including works created for ISI, Saatchi, Volvo, and Battery Park. Bartlett speaks about her writings "Cleopatra" and "History of the Universe" and their relationship to her painting. She concludes the interview with philosophical musings about art and taste.