Oral history interview with Paul Suttman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 55 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Suttman, Paul, 1933-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: American Academy in Rome
label: Names
content: Manzù, Giacomo, 1908-
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- Italy -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews
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: Suttman, Paul, 1933-1993
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Paul Suttman (1933-1993) was a sculptor from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 55 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 October 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.suttma72
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 Paul Suttman conducted 1972 October 23, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Suttman speaks of his birthplace, Oklahoma; of living in New Mexico as a teenager; of his love of reading; his skill in drawing and making objects in his youth; rebuilding cars for drag races; of University of New Mexico; of a sculpture exhibition at Museum of Modern Art, N.Y. which showed him the possiblities of the medium; welding, sculpture, and other courses at the University; of being an architectural draftsman; Cranbrook and first cast bronzes; teaching position at University of Michigan; his year in Italy; work with Giacomo Manzu; return to Florence; American Academy at Rome; life and studio in Rome; methods of work; on aesthetics; and his art collection.