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Interviewee:
Albers, Anni  Search this
Interviewer:
Fesci, Sevim  Search this
Names:
Bauhaus  Search this
Klee, Paul, 1879-1940  Search this
Extent:
20 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1968 July 5
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Anni Albers conducted 1968 July 5, by Sevim Fesci, for the Archives of American Art, in New Haven, Connecticut.
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.
Biographical / Historical:
Anni Albers (1899-1994) was a weaver from New Haven, Connecticut.
General:
Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 40 min.
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.
Occupation:
Art teachers -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this
Authors -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this
Printmakers -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this
Weavers -- Connecticut -- New Haven  Search this
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women authors  Search this
Women educators  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Women textile artists  Search this
Decorative arts  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.albersa68
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw91499ea5d-a113-4db4-901d-d969049c126e
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-albersa68