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Interviewee:
Bengston, Billy Al  Search this
Interviewer:
Morgan, Susan Ford  Search this
Subject:
Westermann, H. C. (Horace Clifford)  Search this
Ruscha, Edward  Search this
Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
California
Physical Description:
33 Pages, Transcript; 4 Items, 4 sound files (2 hrs, 6 min)
General Note:
Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav file. Duration is 2 hrs., 6 min. Sound Quality is poor. Session 2 is largely inaudible. Interviewer did not check taping quality before taping interview.
Access Note / Rights:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Summary:
An interview with Billy Al Bengston conducted 2002 August 7 and 2002 October 2, by Susan Ford Morgan, for the Archives of American Art, in Bengston's studio and home, in Venice, California.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Billy Al Bengston, 2002 August 7 and October 2. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Additional Forms:
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Funding:
Funding for this interview provided by Tony Ganz. 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.
Biography Note:
Billy Al Bengston (1934-2022) was a painter from Venice, California.
Language Note:
English .
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11778
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)243785
AAA_collcode_bengst02
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_243785