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Interviewee:
Rabkin, Leo, 1919-2015  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Baziotes, William  Search this
Reinhardt, Ad  Search this
American Abstract Artists  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
United States
Physical Description:
97 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 14 min.
Summary:
An interview of Leo Rabkin conducted 1968 Dec. 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Rabkin speaks of his youth in Cincinnati in a Russian-Jewish family; his early study of music; teaching; his watercolor techniques; prints on plastic; the importance of the box in his life; his concern with light; his collections of wood furniture and folk art. He recalls William Baziotes, and Ad Reinhardt, and discusses his involvement with the American Abstract Artists group.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Leo Rabkin, 1968 Dec. 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Biography Note:
Leo Rabkin (1919-2015) was a painter and sculptor 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:
Sculptors -- United States -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13120
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212462
AAA_collcode_rabkin68
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212462