Oral history interview with Elizabeth Cornell Benton
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Benton, Elizabeth Cornell
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
topic: label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women painters
label: Topic
content: Assemblage (Art)
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: Benton, Elizabeth Cornell
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Elizabeth Cornell Benton (1905- ) was the sister of the artist Joseph Cornell.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 83 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1976 April 21
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.benton76
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 Elizabeth Cornell Benton conducted 1976 April 21, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Interview concerns her brother, Joseph Cornell. Benton speaks of Cornell's education; his relationship with his family, especially with his brother, Robert; his interests in astronomy, music, movies, surrealism, and other subjects; his business dealings; his variations on themes in his collages and boxes; his "zany" sense of humor and other aspects of his personality; his use of toxic materials in his art; his health; his places of employment; his sources of inspiration; his diary and other writings; his attraction to youth; and his assistants. Benton also describes art classes she took from Edward Hopper and her collages.