Oral history interview with Ruth Asawa and Albert Lanier
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 5 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 20 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Asawa, Ruth
label: Interviewer
content: Johnson, Mark Dean, 1953-
label: Interviewee
content: Lanier, Albert
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Black Mountain College (Black Mountain, N.C.)
label: Names
content: Albers, Anni
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Fuller, R. Buckminster (Richard Buckminster), 1895-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- California -- San Francisco
label: Topic
content: Asian American art
label: Topic
content: Asian American artists
label: Topic
content: Asian American sculptors
label: Topic
content: Japanese American art
label: Topic
content: Japanese American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
label: Topic
content: Art -- Philosophy
label: Topic
content: Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment -- 1942-1945
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: Asawa, Ruth
label: Interviewer
content: Johnson, Mark Dean, 1953-
label: Interviewee
content: Lanier, Albert
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ruth Asawa (1926-2013) was a Japanese American sculptor based in San Francisco, California. Albert Lanier is an architect from San Francisco, California. Interviewer Mark Johnson is head of the California Asian American Artists Biographical Survey and resides in San Francisco, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 34 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2002 June 21-July 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.asawa02
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ruth Asawa and her husband, Albert Lanier, 2002 June 21-July 5, conducted by Mark Johnson on June 21 and Paul Karlstrom on July 5, for the Archives of American Art, in the subjects' home/studio in San Francisco, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Asawa and Lanier shared their memories of Black Mountain College, Josef and Anni Albers (with whom they became close friends) and Buckminster Fuller. Part of their account of those years and the early stage of their marriage dealt with issues of race.