Oral history interview with Bernard Braddon and Sidney Paul Schectman
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 35 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Braddon, Bernard
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Interviewee
content: Schectman, Sidney Paul
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Mercury Galleries (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Philadelphia Ten (Group of artists)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
label: Provenance
content: Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Robert Motherwell, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Braddon, Bernard
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Interviewee
content: Schectman, Sidney Paul
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Bernard Braddon, operated Mercury Galleries in New York, New York, in existence from 1937 to 1940. Held 6th show of The Ten, called the Whitney Dissenters.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 31 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 October 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.braddo81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Bernard Braddon and Sidney Schectman conducted 1981 October 9, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Braddon and Schectman recall the origins of the Mercury Gallery and their involvement with the artists group The Ten, in which Rothko participated.