Skinner, Orin Ensign, 1892-1995
Designer, Stained glass artist
Size: Transcript: 24 pages.
Format: Originally recorded 1 sound tape reel. Reformated in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 40 min.
Summary: An interview of Orin Ensign Skinner conducted 1972 April 20, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Orin Ensign Skinner (1982-1995) was a designer and stained glass artist from Newtonville, Massachusetts.
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.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Orin Ensign Skinner, 1972 April 20. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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