Oral history interview with Agnes Martin
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 38 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Campbell, Suzan
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New Mexico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Filmmakers -- New Mexico -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Women painters
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Campbell, Suzan
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Agnes Martin (1912-2004) was a painter and filmmaker. She was born in Macklin, Canada, and immigrated to the United States at eighteen years of age. She lived in Washington State, New York City, and New Mexico, including towns of Cuba and Galisteo.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 77 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1989 May 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.martin89
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Agnes Martin conducted 1989 May 15, by Suzan Campbell, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Martin speaks of her family history and early life; her immigration from Canada to the United States; her education; moving from New Mexico to New York City; her discovery of the grid; returning to New Mexico; her writing; nature as inspiration; painting and filmmaking; her writing; her philosophy of art; inspirations; association with other Abstract Expressionists, including Ellsworth Kelly and Barnett Newman; and the themes in her art.