Oral history interview with Irving Norman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 U-matic video cassettes. Duration is circa 112 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Norman, Irving, 1906-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Bell, Michael S., 1946-
label: Creator
content: Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, Calif.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- United States
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: Creator
content: Norman, Irving, 1906-1989
label: Interviewer
content: Bell, Michael S., 1946-
label: Creator
content: Bay Area Video Coalition (San Francisco, Calif.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 6 Videocassettes (U-matic) ((circa 112 min.), sd., col., 3/4 in.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 Mar. 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.norman88
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Videocassettes (u-matic)
label: Type
content: Video recordings
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: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Irving Norman conducted 1988 Mar. 5, by Michael Bell, for the Archives of American Art in conjunction with the Bay Area Video Coalition, at the artist's home and studio in Half Moon Bay, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Norman discusses his life and his artwork, including the many different places he has lived and other artists who influenced him. Footage includes Norman's works (some silent and some with Norman's commentary) and detailed footage of his studio.