Oral history interview with Richard Lippold
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Albers, Josef
label: Names
content: Arp, Jean, 1887-1966
label: Names
content: Callahan, Harry M.
label: Names
content: Gabo, Naum, 1890-1977
label: Names
content: Johnson, Ray, 1927-1995
label: Names
content: Valentiner, Wilhelm Reinhold, 1880-1958
label: Names
content: Zettler, Emil Robert, 1878-1946
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculpture -- Technique
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- 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: Lippold, Richard, 1915-2002
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard Lippold (1915-2002) was a sculptor from Locust Valley, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 125 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1971 Dec. 1
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.lippol71
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 Richard Lippold conducted 1971 Dec. 1, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Lippold speaks of his family background and early life in Milwaukee; his early interests in art and music; early teachers; the impact of the Chicago World's Fair; studying industrial design at the Chicago Art Institute; designing machinery for an engineering firm; his travels in Mexico, Germany, and France; teaching at various institutions; his early sculptures; the development of his stylle; materials he uses; architectural commissions. He recalls Emiel Zettler, William R. Valentiner, John Cage, Jean Arp, Josef Albers, Ray Johnson, and Naum Gabo.