Michael Graham Auping, Interviewer; Editor, UCLA Oral History Program (For "L.A." Art Community; Group Portrait"); Art critic; Curator; B.A., Art History, California State University, Fullerton; M.A., Art History, California State University, Long Beach
Tony Delap's home, 225 Jasmine, Corona del Mar; his studio, 959 West Seventeenth Street, Costa Mesa; and the University of California, Irvine television studio.
January 14, 22, 28; February 4; May 20 [video sesion], 1976.
The interviews conducted at the subject's home generally took place in the evening. The interview conducted at his studio took place in the early afternoon. The video session was conducted in the morning. Sessions varied in length. Approximately seven hours were recorded.
Auping and Delap. A UC Irvine cameraman operated equipment at the video session.
The interviewer pursued a full biographical study utilizing numerous magazine articles and early catalog texts as the primary source of information. The major purpose of the interview was to document Mr. Delap's career as an artist, with an emphasis on pinpointing specific stylistic changes within his development and the rationale for these changes. A further objective was to obtain information about the San Francisco and Southern California art communities from 1954—when the subject first began exhibiting his work professionally—to the present, through his personal recollection of artists, critics, curators, art organizations, universities and colleges, galleries, museums, and so on. The interview was structured around a chronological framework with occasional topical digressions.
The verbatim transcript was edited by the interviewer. He checked it for accuracy and edited for punctuation, paragraphing, spelling, and verification of proper names. Words or phrases introduced by him have been bracketed. Tony Delap reviewed and approved the edited transcript. He made virtually no changes in its content. The index was prepared by Lawrence Weschler, Assistant Editor, Oral History Program. The introduction was written by the interviewer. Other front matter was prepared by the Program staff.
The original tape recordings, video tape, and edited transcript are in the University Archives and are available under the regulations governing the use of permanent noncurrent records of the University. Records relating to this interview are located in the office of the UCLA Oral History Program.