Oral history interview with Eleanor Ward
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 13 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Stable Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Cornell, Joseph
label: Names
content: Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ward, Eleanor, 1912-1984
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Eleanor Ward (1912-1984) was an art dealer from New York, N.Y. She founded the Stable Gallery.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 56 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972 February 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ward72
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 is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Eleanor Ward conducted 1972 February 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Ward speaks of her family background and early interest in art; starting the Stable Gallery; the first Stable Annual Exhibition, 1953; Abstract Expressionist artists she showed; the success of the Stable Gallery's shows; her own collection; collectors; the gallery's move to 74th Street; the gallery scene in New York; finding new artists; the influence of critics; the reasons for the closing of the Stable Gallery. She recalls Joseph Cornell, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Franz Kline, Jackson Pollock, Cy Towmbly, Robert Indiana, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, and other artists.