Oral history interview with Bruce Dorfman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Dorfman, Bruce, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Cassidy, Stephanie, 1969-
label: Names
content: Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Assemblage artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Mixed-media artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Dorfman, Bruce, 1936-
label: Interviewer
content: Cassidy, Stephanie, 1969-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bruce Dorfman (1936- ) is an assemblage artist based in New York City known for his works that integrate found objects, paint, drawing, and fabric in compositions that often explore geometric tension. He has taught continually at the Art Students League since 1964.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Stephanie Cassidy (1969- ) is a historian based in New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 40 Items (sound files (9 hrs., 33 min.), digital, wav)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 18Z0357
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2023 October 28-November 19
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dorfma23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Bruce Dorfman conducted 2023 October 28-November 19, by Stephanie Cassidy for the Archives of American Art, at Dorfman's studio in New York City.­