Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hrs., 6 min.
label: General
content: Sound Quality is poor. Session 2 is largely inaudible. Interviewer did not check taping quality before taping interview.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Interviewer
content: Morgan, Susan Ford
label: Names
content: Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
label: Names
content: Ruscha, Edward
label: Names
content: Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford), 1922-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, Modern -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California
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: Bengston, Billy Al
label: Interviewer
content: Morgan, Susan Ford
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Billy Al Bengston (1934-2022) was a painter from Venice, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 33 Pages (Transcript)
label: Extent
content: 4 Items (4 sound files (2 hrs, 6 min))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002 August 7 and October 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bengst02
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 with Billy Al Bengston conducted 2002 August 7 and 2002 October 2, by Susan Ford Morgan, for the Archives of American Art, in Bengston's studio and home, in Venice, California.