Oral history interview with Robert Irwin
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 17 sound files. Duration is 11 hr., 2 min.
name: label: Creator
content: Irwin, Robert, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: United States. General Services Administration. Design Excellence and the Arts Oral History Project
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists -- California -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Installations (Art)
label: Topic
content: Light and space (Art movement)
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: Irwin, Robert, 1928-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Irwin (1928-2023) was a painter and installation artist from southern California who was part of the Light and Space movement.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Matthew Simms (1967- ) is a professor of Art History at the California State University, Long Beach in Long Beach, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 17 Items (sound files (11 hr., 2 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 160 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2013 February 9-May 11
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.irwin13
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Robert Irwin conducted 2013 February 9-May 11, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's U.S. General Services Administration, Design for Excellence and the Arts oral history project, at Irwin's home in San Diego, California.