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Oral history interview with Betty Parsons, 1969 June 4-9

Interviewee:
Parsons, Betty  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Gorky, Arshile  Search this
Graham, John  Search this
Janis, Sidney  Search this
Newman, Barnett  Search this
Okada, Kenzo  Search this
Betty Parsons Gallery  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Wakefield Gallery  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Betty Parsons, 1969 June 4-9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12214
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212470
AAA_collcode_parson69
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212470

Oral history interview with John Hultberg, 1968 Nov. 11

Interviewee:
Hultberg, John, 1922-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Hultberg, 1968 Nov. 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Abstract expressionism  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12322
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212363
AAA_collcode_hultbe68
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212363

Oral history interview with Robert Smithson

Interviewee:
Smithson, Robert  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Names:
Dwan, Virginia  Search this
Extent:
59 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1972 July 14-19
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Robert Smithson conducted 1972 July 14-19, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art at 799 Greenwich Street in New York on July 14 and 19 1972. Smithson speaks of growing up in Passaic, New Jersey; primary and high school; high school art education; going to New York Museums; writing and its impact on art work; the Artists Gallery; the Art Students League; his time in the army; the Cedar Bar; Quicksand; the Museum of Modern Art; art education; Sam Smithson; his father; traveling the U.S.; Brooklyn Museum School; impact of the Museum of Natural History; moving to New York; visiting Europe; psychology; show at the George Lester Gallery; the Broken Circle; Dallas-Fort Worth Airport; crystalline structures; meeting William Carlos Williams; cosmology; Enantiomorphic Chambers; mapping; painting and drawing; the Dwan Gallery; getting married; Aerial Art; earthworks; sculpture; the Cryosphere; Alogon; Rome; stratas; nonsites; When Attitudes Become Form; Attitudes; mining sites and quarries; light and reflection; the Spiral Jetty; coordination of large works; documentation; selection of sites; Gyrostasis; weather's impact and seasonal change of the Spiral Jetty; confines of the gallery and museum; mirrors; landscapes; artist materials; art education; traveling; art and vacations; documenta; Smithson also recalls Federica Beer-Monti , Hugh Stix , Danny Donohue, Joe Levin, Charlie Hasloff, John Cassavetes , Alan Brilliant, Irving Sandler, Barnett Newman, Richard Bellamy,John Groth, Lawrence Alloway, T. S. Elliot, Donald Judd, William Carlos Williams, Jackson Pollock, William Burroughs, Ad Reinhardt, Dan Flavin, Virginia Dwan, Rosalind Krauss, and others.
Biographical / Historical:
Robert Smithson (1938-1973) was a sculptor well known for his earthworks.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr.
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.
Restrictions:
This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
Occupation:
Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Environmental artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Art -- Philosophy  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.smiths72
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9a3c8b740-0374-4dc6-87f9-616fbbc142c1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-smiths72
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Oral history interview with Abram Lerner, 1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27

Interviewee:
Lerner, Abram  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965  Search this
Dlugoszewski, Lucia  Search this
Evergood, Philip  Search this
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this
MacAgy, Douglas  Search this
Weber, Max  Search this
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Abram Lerner, 1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12836
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211950
AAA_collcode_lerner75
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211950

Oral history interview with Abram Lerner

Interviewee:
Lerner, Abram  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Creator:
Diller, Burgoyne, 1906-1965  Search this
Names:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this
Dlugoszewski, Lucia, 1931-2000  Search this
Evergood, Philip, 1901-1973  Search this
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this
MacAgy, Douglas, 1913-  Search this
Weber, Max, 1881-1961  Search this
Extent:
179 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Abram Lerner conducted 1975 Dec. 9-1976 Jan. 27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Lerner speaks of his childhood and youth in New York City; his education; going to museums and developing an interest in art; his painting career; getting on the WPA mural project; artists' unions and their importance; the gallery scene in New York City in the 1930s; going to work at the A.C.A. Gallery; meeting Joseph Hirshhorn, becoming friends and going to work for him; Hirshhorn's style of collecting; vainly trying to keep track of Hirshhorn's acquisitions; early exhibitions of Hirshhorn's collection, and their effect on the art market; Hirshhorn's involvement with the Smithsonian Institution and the beginning of the Hirshhorn Museum; the development of the Museum and its interaction with the Smithsonian; early exhibitions there; problems of museum administration and security; public response to the Hirshhorn Museum.
Lerner recalls Philip Evergood, Burgoyne Diller, Max Weber, and Douglas MacAgy.
Biographical / Historical:
Abram Lerner (1913-2007) was a museum director in Washington, D.C.
General:
Originally recorded on 3 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 36 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are 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.
Occupation:
Art museum directors -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (D.C.)  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.lerner75
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw926db7c58-2b93-4ad1-8f49-9a7f47551850
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-lerner75
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Oral history interview with Robert Smithson, 1972 July 14-19

Interviewee:
Smithson, Robert  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Dwan, Virginia  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Robert Smithson, 1972 July 14-19. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Sculpture, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Art -- Philosophy  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12013
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212421
AAA_collcode_smiths72
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_212421
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Charmion Von Wiegand, 1968 October 9 and November 3

Interviewee:
Von Wiegand, Charmion  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Type:
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Charmion Von Wiegand, 1968 October 9 and November 3. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Authors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12142
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213176
AAA_collcode_vonwie68
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_213176

Oral history interview with Kate Schaeffer

Interviewee:
Schaeffer, Kate Born, 1898?-2000  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Names:
Schaeffer Galleries (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Schaeffer, Hanns S., 1892?-1967  Search this
Extent:
40 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1975 June 18
Scope and Contents:
An interview of Kate (Mrs. Hanns) Schaeffer conducted 1975 June 18, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Biographical / Historical:
Kate Schaeffer (1898?-2000) was an art dealer and gallery owner from New York, New York. Born in Germany. Died Dec. 20, 2000, at age 102. Co-founder with husband Hanns Schaeffer, of Schaeffer Galleries, New York, New York.
General:
Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 57 min.
Provenance:
These interviews are 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 others.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.schaef75
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw96ff59a12-24de-4a8c-a7f1-afd910f09334
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-schaef75
Online Media:

Paul Cummings papers, 1967-1993

Creator:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Tobey, Mark  Search this
Citation:
Paul Cummings papers, 1967-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- United States -- Dictionaries  Search this
Drawing, American  Search this
Theme:
Research and writing about art  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)9445
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211643
AAA_collcode_cummpaul
Theme:
Research and writing about art
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_211643

William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969

Creator:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Littlefield, William Horace, 1902-1969  Search this
Subject:
Pavia, Philip  Search this
Club (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Citation:
William Horace Littlefield letters and photographs to Paul Cummings, 1951-1969. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painting, American  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)10334
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)213543
AAA_collcode_littwmhp
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_213543

Oral history interview with Lydia Winston, 1976 April 14

Interviewee:
Winston, Lydia, 1897-1989  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Lydia Winston, 1976 April 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12607
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)209388
AAA_collcode_winsto76
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_209388
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Arnold Newman, 1971 July 17-Aug. 23

Interviewee:
Newman, Arnold, 1918-2006  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Brodovitch, Alexey  Search this
Epstein, Jacob, Sir  Search this
Gross, Chaim  Search this
Rose, Ben  Search this
Shahn, Ben  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Arnold Newman, 1971 July 17-Aug. 23. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Photography  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12305
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211906
AAA_collcode_newman71
Theme:
Photography
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211906

Oral history interview with Harry N. Abrams, 1972 March 14

Interviewee:
Abrams, Harry N. (Harry Nathan), 1905-1979  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Harry N. Abrams, 1972 March 14. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art publishing -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)13015
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211917
AAA_collcode_abrams72
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211917
Online Media:

Oral history interview with Charles Alan on Aline Saarinen, 1973 February 17

Interviewee:
Alan, Charles, 1908?-1975  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Kaufmann, Edgar  Search this
Louchheim, Joseph H.  Search this
McAndrew, John  Search this
Saarinen, Aline B. (Aline Bernstein)  Search this
Saarinen, Eero  Search this
Shaw, Elizabeth Roberts  Search this
Stanton, Frank  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Charles Alan on Aline Saarinen, 1973 February 17. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12458
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211923
AAA_collcode_alan73
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211923

Oral history interview with Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, 1972 February 5

Interviewee:
Albright, Ivan, 1897-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Ivan Le Lorraine Albright, 1972 February 5. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12244
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211925
AAA_collcode_albrig72
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211925

Oral history interview with Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1971 December 28 - 1972 January 7

Interviewee:
Anuszkiewicz, Richard, 1930-2020  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Albers, Josef  Search this
Hensche, Henry  Search this
Stanczak, Julian  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Richard Anuszkiewicz, 1971 December 28 - 1972 January 7. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12959
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211932
AAA_collcode_anuszk71
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211932

Oral history interview with H. Harvard Arnason, 1970 March 3-9

Interviewee:
Arnason, H. Harvard, 1909-1986  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Cahill, Holger  Search this
Messer, Thomas M.  Search this
Rebay, Hilla  Search this
Sweeney, James Johnson  Search this
Wright, Frank Lloyd  Search this
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum  Search this
Walker Art Galleries (Minneapolis, Minn.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with H. Harvard Arnason, 1970 March 3-9. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Museum architecture -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Museum directors -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- Interviews  Search this
Theme:
Architecture & Design  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12761
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211934
AAA_collcode_arnaso70
Theme:
Architecture & Design
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211934

Oral history interview with Peggy Bacon, 1973 May 8

Interviewee:
Bacon, Peggy, 1895-1987  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Bellows, George  Search this
Brook, Alexander  Search this
Dasburg, Andrew  Search this
Halpert, Edith Gregor  Search this
Hawthorne, Charles Webster  Search this
Lie, Jonas  Search this
Miller, Kenneth Hayes  Search this
Art Students League (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Peggy Bacon, 1973 May 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women authors  Search this
Women printmakers  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12376
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211938
AAA_collcode_bacon73
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211938
Online Media:

Oral history interview with John Canaday, 1971 August 17-24

Interviewee:
Canaday, John Edwin, 1907-1985  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
Kimball, Fiske  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Canaday, 1971 August 17-24. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Art criticism -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11814
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211941
AAA_collcode_canada71
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211941

Oral history interview with Stanley William Hayter, 1971 Mar. 11

Interviewee:
Hayter, Stanley William, 1901-  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Subject:
New School Art Center (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Tamarind Institute  Search this
Tamarind Lithography Workshop  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Stanley William Hayter, 1971 Mar. 11. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Prints -- New York (State) -- New York -- Technique  Search this
Printmakers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)11923
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)211942
AAA_collcode_hayter71
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_211942

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