Oral history interview with Ed Moses
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 5 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 6 hrs., 52 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Moses, Ed, 1926-
label: Interviewer
content: Figoten, Sheldon
label: Names
content: Altoon, John, 1925-
label: Names
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Names
content: Castelli, Leo
label: Names
content: Johns, Jasper, 1930-
label: Names
content: Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
label: Names
content: Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- 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 interviSews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Moses, Ed, 1926-
label: Interviewer
content: Figoten, Sheldon
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ed Moses (1926- ) is a painter from Venice, Calif.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 142 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 10-12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moses80
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3198 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ed Moses conducted 1980 July 10-12, by Sheldon Figoten, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Moses speaks of his family background and early education; his childhood and its impact on him and his work; his U.S. Navy service; his education at Long Beach City College and at the University of California, Los Angeles; studying under Rico Lebrun; his friendships with Billy Al Bengston and John Altoon; the Ferus Gallery; environmental projects; living in Spain; the impact of the old masters; and his exhibitions. He recalls Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, and Leo Castelli.