Oral history interview with Judith Heidler Richardson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reels. Reformatted in 2010 as 7 digital wav files. Duration is 7 hr., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Richardson, Judith Heidler, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Ileana Sonnabend (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Ileana Sonnabend (Gallery)
label: Names
content: Sidney Janis Gallery
label: Names
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Museum directors -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Abstract expressionism -- United States
label: Topic
content: Pop art -- United States
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: Richardson, Judith Heidler, 1942-
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Judith Heidler Richardson (1942- 2003) was an art dealer and museum director from Newport, Rhode Island. She worked at the Sidney Janis Gallery and Ileana Sonnabend Gallery in New York City.
function: label: Function
content: Art galleries, Commercial -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 326 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1974 March 7-May 8
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.richar74
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: Interview of Judith Heidler Richardson conducted 1974 March 7-May 8, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Richardson recalls her childhood in Rhode Island; education at Swarthmore, the Sorbonne, and Bennington College; working with Sidney Janis, Carroll Janis, and Conrad Janis at the Sidney Janis Gallery; working at the Ileana Sonnabend Gallery; the New York art scene from late 1950s to early 1970s; associations with artists, including Abstract Expressionists and Pop Artists. She recalls Mark Rothko; Adolph Gottlieb; Willem de Kooning; William Baziotes; Franz Kline; Jim Dine; Claes Oldenburg; Louise Nevelson; Philip Guston; Marisol Escobar; Robert Morris; Robert Irwin; Robert Motherwell; Frank Stella; Josef Albers; Tom Wesselman; Mel Bochner, and Robert Rauschenberg, among others. She recalls associations and other galleries, including Kootz Gallery; Betty Parsons gallery; Julien Levy Gallery; Leo Castelli Gallery; Eleanor Ward; Denise René; Pace Gallery; Marlborough Gallery, among others. She discusses the art market, art collectors, and art collections.