Oral history interview with Larry Rivers
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 51 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Blaine, Nell, 1922-1996
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Rauschenberg, Robert, 1925-2008
topic: label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Rivers, Larry, 1925-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Larry Rivers (1925-2002) was a painter from Southampton, N.Y.)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 November 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.rivers68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Larry Rivers conducted 1968 November 2, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Rivers speaks of his background and early interests in music and art; his U.S. Army experience; studying with Hans Hofmann; development of his artistic ability; Edwin Denby and his films; the future of his work. He recalls Robert Rauschenberg and Nell Blaine.