Oral history interview with Tony Ganz
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 2 SD memory cards as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 4 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ganz, Tony
label: Interviewer
content: Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter
label: Names
content: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection
label: Names
content: D. Lisner Jewelry
label: Names
content: Harvard University -- Students
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content: Bonin, Ted
label: Names
content: Bontecou, Lee, 1931-
label: Names
content: Deitsch, Jeffrey
label: Names
content: Fries, Charles W., 1928-
label: Names
content: Ganz, Paul
label: Names
content: Ganz, Sally
label: Names
content: Ganz, Sol
label: Names
content: Ganz, Victor
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content: Hesse, Eva, 1936-1970
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content: Lowry, Glenn D.
label: Names
content: Marks, Matthew
label: Names
content: Matta-Clark, Gordon, 1943-1978
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content: Mutrux, Gail
label: Names
content: Oldenburg, Claes, 1929-
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content: Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
label: Names
content: Smithson, Robert
label: Names
content: Stella, Frank
label: Names
content: Thek, Paul
label: Names
content: Weinberg, Adam D.
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content: Whiteread, Amber
label: Names
content: Zwirner, David
label: Names
content: d'Offay, Anthony
topic: label: Occupation
content: Filmmakers
label: Topic
content: Motion picture producers and directors
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting
label: Topic
content: Photography
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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 administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ganz, Tony
label: Interviewer
content: Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Tony Ganz (1947-) is a film producer in Brentwood, California. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is an art critic and writer from Beverly Hills, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording: 4 sound files (2 hr., 4 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 41 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2014 December 6
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ganz14
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
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content: Interviews
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content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Tony Ganz conducted 2014 December 6, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at Ganz's home in Brentwood, California.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ganz speaks of his parents, siblings, and early childhood; growing up in New York city; his family's collection and interest in art; collecting Picasso; going to museums and galleries as a kid; understanding Picasso; Putney School; his interest in photography and film; attending Harvard; making films; meeting his wife; beginning collecting; collecting drawings; building his collection; equity; Eva Hesse; Amber Whiteread; Gordon Matta-Clark; Moving to Beachwood Canyon; Robert Smithson; Paul Thek; Ted Bonin; Claes Oldenberg; Frank Stella; plan for his collection; following one's intuition; ones that got away; and friends in the art world. Ganz also recalls Victor and Sally Ganz, Paul Ganz, Sol Ganz, D. Lisner Jewelry, Chuck Fries, Gail Mutrux, Matthew Marks, Anthony D'Offay, Jeffrey Deitsch, Lee Bontecou, David Zwirner, Adam Weinberg, and Glenn Lowry.