Oral history interview with Alexander Calder
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
label: General
content: This transcript has been corrected and edited at the Calder Foundation by Alexander S.C. Rower.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Luks, George Benjamin, 1867-1933
label: Names
content: Robinson, Boardman, 1876-1952
label: Names
content: Sloan, John, 1871-1951
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Alexander Calder (1898-1976) was a sculptor from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 27 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 October 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.calder71
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Alexander Calder conducted 1971 October 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Calder speaks of his studies in engineering at the Stevens Institute; his instructors at the Art Students League including George Luks, Boardman Robinson, and John Sloan; working in Paris; performances of his CIRCUS; artists in Paris in the late 1920s; his materials; his use of color and water; motorized sculpture; commissions; and his interest in works by Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp, and Alberto Giacometti.