Item Information
Title: Interview with Lois Johnson
Date: 1985 August 21
Physical Details: 5 sound cassettes ; 4 hr., 19 min., 8 sec.
Description: Tape 05, Side 02 is blank. Recordings stop and start and have low-level mechanical noise in the beginning. Ruth Fine interviews Lois Johnson. Discussion topics are wide-ranging and include Johnson's life, education, career, her artwork, its subject matter, photography, Philadelphia College of Art, North Dakota, artist residency at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics, and other projects and residencies. Also included is detailed discussion of Johnson's use of various printmaking methods, gum bichromate, colors. Numerous people mentioned include David Brown, Robert A. Nelson and Robert Rauschenberg.
Creator: Johnson, Lois Marlene, 1942-2018
Forms part of: Ruth Fine papers, 1929-2016
Rights Statement: Current copyright status is undetermined
Citation Information: Lois Marlene Johnson and Ruth Fine. Interview with Lois Johnson, 1985 August 21. Ruth Fine papers, 1929-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Availability: This item has been digitally reformatted. It is available by requesting an appointment in the Archives of American Art's reading rooms, or in certain situations as a Reproduction Request.
Digital ID: 24545