Oral history interview with Mary Heilmann
name: label: Interviewee
content: Heilmann, Mary, 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Sultan, Terrie, 1952-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Beat generation
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content: Women artists
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: Heilmann, Mary, 1940-
label: Interviewer
content: Sultan, Terrie, 1952-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Mary Heilmann (1940- ) is a painter known for her incorporation of disparate visual lexicons such as Beat and surf culture with geometric abstraction and striking palettes. Raised and trained in San Francisco, Heilmann moved to New York City in 1968 and made her career there and in Bridgehampton, NY.

Terrie Sultan (1952-) is a curator and cultural consultant based in Southampton, NY; she previous served as the director of the Parrish Art Museum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 15 Items (sound files (2 hrs., 38 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 64 Pages (Transcript)
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content: Recorded on Tascam DR-100MKIII 1910017
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2022 June 16 and 2023 February 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.heilma23
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Mary Heilmann conducted 2022 June 16 and 2023 February 1, by Terrie Sultan for the Archives of American Art, at Heilmann's studio in Bridgehampton, NY.­