Oral history interview with Tom Wesselmann
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 37 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Sandler, Irving, 1925-
label: Names
content: Tanager Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Dine, Jim, 1935-
label: Names
content: Katz, Alex, 1927-
topic: label: Topic
content: Nude in art
label: Topic
content: Collage
label: Topic
content: Pop art
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Collagists -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Wesselmann, Tom, 1931-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Sandler, Irving, 1925-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004) was a painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 196 Pages (Transcript (Partial transcript online))
label: Extent
content: 8 Items (8 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hr., 37 min.)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 January 3-February 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.wessel84
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 Tom Wesselmann conducted 1984 January 3-1984 February 8, by Irving Sandler, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Wesselmann speaks of his family, childhood and education; his U.S. Army service; his early interest in art and drawing; the influence of humor; going to the Cooper Union School on the GI bill; artists who influenced him in his early career; experiences which changed him; early experiments with collage; his first awareness of pop art; collage technique; his affiliation with the Tanager Gallery; his early nudes; eroticism in his paintings; politics and art. He recalls Alex Katz and Jim Dine.