Oral history interview with Lewis Iselin
name: label: Interviewee
content: Iselin, Lewis, 1913-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts
label: Names
content: Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation
label: Names
content: Saint-Gaudens Memorial (Organization)
label: Names
content: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
label: Names
content: Geldzahler, Henry
label: Names
content: Moe, Henry Allen, 1894-1975
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Pearson, Ronald H. (Ronald Hayes), 1924-1996
label: Names
content: Smith, Paul J., 1931-
topic: label: Topic
content: Museums -- United States -- Trustees -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Maine -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Wax-modeling -- United States
label: Topic
content: Wearable art -- 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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Iselin, Lewis, 1913-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lewis Iselin (1913-1990) was a sculptor from Camden, Maine.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item (Sound recording: 1 sound file, digital, wav file)
label: Extent
content: 23 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 1 tape reel (5 in.).
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 September 30
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.iselin81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound 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: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview of Lewis Iselin, conducted 1981 September 30 by Robert F. Brown for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, in Camden, Maine.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Iselin speaks of his role as a trustee of the Guggenheim and Tiffany Foundations, the Saint-Gaudens Memorial, and the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts; his own work of modeling in wax; and his "sculpture to wear." Iselin also recalls Henry Geldzahler, Robert Motherwell, Henry Allen Moe, Ron Pearson, Paul Smith and others.