Oral history interview with Nicolas Calas
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 26 min.
label: General
content: Sound quality is very poor.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Calas, Nicolas
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Calas, Nicolas
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nicolas Calas (1907-1988) was an art historian from New York, New York. His books include "Icons and Images of the Sixties," (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1971), "The Peggy Guggenheim Collection of Modern Art," (New York: H.N. Abrams, 1966), and "Surrealism Pro and Con," (New York: Gotham Book Mart, 1973).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 115 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1977 December 12-1978 January 26
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.calas77
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Nicolas Calas conducted 1977 December 12-1978 January 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.