Interviewee:

Landa, Albert  Search this

Interviewer:

Polcari, Stephen  Search this

Names:

New School Art Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this

Benton, Thomas Hart, 1889-1975  Search this

Extent:

2 Items (sound files (1 hr., 13 min.), digital, wav)

36 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Interviews

Sound recordings

Date:

1998 Feb. 26

Scope and Contents:

An interview with Albert Landa conducted 1998 Feb. 26, by Stephen Polcari, for the Archives of American Art.

This interview took place in AAA's New York Regional office. Interview concerns Thomas Hart Benton's murals at the New School Art Center.

Biographical / Historical:

Albert Landa (1927-2008) was the Vice president of the New School 1970-1976, New York, N.Y.

General:

Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 13 min.

Provenance:

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.

Restrictions:

This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire audio recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:

Mural painting and decoration  Search this

Genre/Form:

Interviews

Sound recordings

Sponsor:

Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.

Identifier:

AAA.landa98

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9bc109624-58dc-49fa-ab6a-1ee32222ba16

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-landa98