Oral history interview with Herbert Ferber
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Tuchman, Phyllis
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Betty Parsons Gallery
label: Names
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
label: Names
content: Marlborough Gallery
label: Names
content: Rothko Chapel (Houston, Tex.)
label: Names
content: Baziotes, William, 1912-1963
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Gottlieb, Adolph, 1903-1974
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Reinhardt, Ad, 1913-1967
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Still, Clyfford, 1904-1980
topic: label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
label: Topic
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Sidney Janis, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, 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: Ferber, Herbert, 1906-1991
label: Interviewer
content: Tuchman, Phyllis
label: Creator
content: Mark Rothko and His Times Oral History Project
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Herbert Ferber (1906-1991) was a sculptor and painter from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Cassette (Sound recording, analog)
label: Extent
content: 12 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 June 2
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ferber81
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Cassettes
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 Herbert Ferber conducted 1981 June 2, by Phyllis Tuchman, for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ferber talks about the development of his friendship with Rothko through the Betty Parsons Gallery and Rothko's personality and habits. He speaks of Rothko's work, particularly the Houston chapel, and his feelings for other artists. He briefly mentions his involvement in the lawsuit against the Marlborough Galleries. He recalls Adolph Gottlieb, Clyfford Still, Barney Newman, Robert Motherwell, William Baziotes, Arshile Gorky, Ad Reinhardt, and many others.