Oral history interview with Hassel Smith
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 8 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Sterne, Maurice, 1878-1957
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- 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: Smith, Hassel, 1915-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Hassel Smith (1915-2007) was a painter from Bristol, England.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 28 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1978 September 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.smith78
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 3199 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 Hassel Smith conducted 1978 September 5, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art. Smith speaks of his childhood; his education; studying under Maurice Sterne at the California School of Fine Arts; the influence of Clyfford Still; early exhibitions of Smith's work; and living in England.