Oral history interview with Roland Balay
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Balay, Roland, 1902-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Little, Nancy C.
label: Names
content: M. Knoedler & Co.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
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: Balay, Roland, 1902-2004
label: Interviewer
content: Little, Nancy C.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Roland Balay (1902-2004) was art dealer from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 24 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1981 November 19-December 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.balay81
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Roland Balay conducted 1981 November 19-December 7, by Nancy C. Little, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Balay speaks of his grandfather's founding of M. Knoedler and Company, the gallery's history, his dealings with artists exhibited by the gallery, and his opinions of various collectors.