Oral history interview with Anni Albers
odd: label: General
content: Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 40 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Albers, Anni
label: Interviewer
content: Fesci, Sevim
label: Names
content: Bauhaus
label: Names
content: Klee, Paul, 1879-1940
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Printmakers -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Occupation
content: Weavers -- Connecticut -- New Haven
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: Women educators
label: Topic
content: Women printmakers
label: Topic
content: Women textile artists
label: Topic
content: Decorative arts
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: Albers, Anni
label: Interviewer
content: Fesci, Sevim
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a weaver from New Haven, Connecticut.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 20 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968 July 5
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.albersa68
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
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: An interview of Anni Albers conducted 1968 July 5, by Sevim Fesci, for the Archives of American Art, in New Haven, Connecticut.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Albers speaks of her educational background; Paul Klee as a teacher; color in weaving; techniques and materials; Peruvian and European textiles; her "sound-absorbing" textile designed for the Bauhaus auditorium; and her weaving workshop at Black Mountain College. She reminisces about the Bauhaus in the 1920s.