Oral history interview with Albert Paley
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 44 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Paley, Albert
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Lechtzin, Stanley, 1936-
topic: label: Topic
content: Jewelry making
label: Topic
content: Ironwork
label: Topic
content: Jewelers -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Metal-workers -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
label: Topic
content: Metal-work
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: Paley, Albert
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Albert Paley (1944- ) is an art metal worker and jewelry designer from Rochester, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 36 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 Dec. 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.paley82
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 Albert Paley conducted 1982 Dec. 2, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Paley speaks of his training at the Tyler School of Art under Stanley Lechtzin; his early and continuing compulsion to explore difficult techniques; his rapid rise to prominence through his ornamental ironwork; and his important commissions.