Oral History interview with Lawrence A. Fleischman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Stavitsky, Gail, 1954-
label: Names
content: Archives of American Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
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. Funding for this interview was provided by the Art Dealers Association of America.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Stavitsky, Gail, 1954-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lawrence A. Fleischman (1925-1997) was a gallery owner, art dealer, collector, and publisher from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound cassettes (Sound recording (90 min. each), analog)
label: Extent
content: 40 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1994 Apr. 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fleisc94
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available online.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Lawrence A. Fleischman conducted 1994 Apr. 18, by Gail Stavitsky, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Fleischman discusses his involvement with the British Museum, his personal collection of ancient art, his co-founding of the Archives of American Art and the American Art Journal, and his decision to become an art dealer. He gives his assessment of changes in the American art world since the early seventies, noting the rise of prices for American art, the entry of greater numbers of women artists and scholars into the art world, and changes to the structure of major museums. He reminisces about E. P. Richardson, Ben Shahn, and Stuart Davis, as well as other dealers and artists.