Interviewee:

Larsen, Jack Lenor, 1927-2020  Search this

Interviewer:

Cummings, Paul  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Place of publication, production, or execution:

United States

Physical Description:

22 Pages, Transcript

General Note:

Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 6 min.

Summary:

An interview of Jack Lenor Larsen conducted 1971 Apr. 26-May 3, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.

Citation:

Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jack Lenor Larsen, 1971 Apr. 26-May 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Biography Note:

Jack Lenor Larsen (1927-2020) was a designer and a weaver from New York, N.Y.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

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.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Art, American  Search this

Designers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Decorative arts  Search this

Textile design  Search this

Theme:

Craft  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)11609

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212818

AAA_collcode_larsen71

Theme:

Craft

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212818