Oral history interview with Robert Grosvenor
name: label: Interviewee
content: Grosvenor, Robert, 1937-2025
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Bellamy, Richard
label: Names
content: Congdon, William, 1912-1998
label: Names
content: Di Suvero, Mark, 1933-
label: Names
content: Dwan, Virginia, 1931-2022
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art students -- France -- Paris
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- 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: Grosvenor, Robert, 1937-2025
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Grosvenor (1937-2025) was a sculptor from New York N.Y. In the early-1960s, he was a founding member of the Park Place gallery co-op in Manhattan, NY.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 38 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 Aug. 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.grosve72
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: This interview was edited by Candice Smith in 2019.
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: Interview with Robert Grosvenor conducted 1972 Aug. 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Grosvenor speaks of his early life and education in Newport, R.I.; studying in Europe; his first formal art instruction in Dijon, France; the art and architecture scene in Paris; his U.S. Army service; meeting Mark di Suvero, and his influence; his one-man show at the Dwan Gallery; materials; and the impermanence of his pieces. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Virginia Dwan, and William Congdon.