Oral history interview with Elyn Zimmerman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Zimmerman, Elyn, 1945-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
label: Names
content: Pandemic Oral History Project
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- Los Angeles
label: Topic
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: Topic
content: Pandemics
label: Topic
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: Zimmerman, Elyn, 1945-
label: Interviewer
content: Simms, Matthew Thomas
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elyn Zimmerman (1945-) is a New York City and Los Angeles based sculptor best known for her large scale site-specific outdoor installations incorporating granite, water features, and landscape architecture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Item ((23 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2020 August 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.zimmer20
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Elyn Zimmerman conducted 2020 August 17, by Matthew Simms, for the Archives of American Art's Pandemic Oral History Project, at Zimmerman's rental home in Kent, Connecticut.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The Archives of American Art also holds the Elyn Zimmerman papers, 1969-2017.