Oral history interview with Leroy Davis and Cecily Langdale
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette, 3 sound discs, and 3 data compact discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 50 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Davis, Leroy
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Interviewee
content: Langdale, Cecily
label: Names
content: Barnes Foundation -- Students
label: Names
content: Hirschl & Adler Galleries
label: Names
content: Tyler School of Art -- Students
label: Names
content: Barnes, Albert C. (Albert Coombs), 1872-1951
label: Names
content: Bly, Boris
label: Names
content: Bouché, Louis, 1896-1969
label: Names
content: Davis, Terry Ritter
label: Names
content: De Mazia, Violette, 1899-
label: Names
content: Levine, David, 1926-2009
label: Names
content: Penn, Arthur, 1922-
label: Names
content: Shikler, Aaron, 1922-
topic: label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York -- 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.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Davis, Leroy
label: Interviewer
content: Berman, Avis
label: Interviewee
content: Langdale, Cecily
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leroy Davis (1922- ) is an art dealer from New York, New York. Cecily Langdale is an art dealer from New York, New York and Avis Berman is a writer and art historian from New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 119 Pages (Transcript)
phystech: label: System Details
content: Originally recorded on 1 cassette, 3 sound discs, and 3 data compact discs.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2007 June 26-August 7
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.davis07
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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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 Leroy Davis and Cecily Langdale conducted 2007 June 26-August 7, by Avis Berman, for the Archives of American Art, in New York, New York.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Davis speaks of losing his parents at a young age; attending music school in Philadelphia; studying at Tyler School of Fine Arts and the Barnes Foundation; usage of the word "art" in terms of music and painting; being drafted into the Air Force during World War II; opening a gallery in New York City; working as a framer on the side; working on the White House Fine Arts Commission; selling English watercolors. Langdale speaks of focusing on history, literature, and art history in college; working on shows at Hirschl & Adler gallery; opening a gallery with Davis; writing a book on monotypes. Davis also recalls Aaron Shikler, Boris Bly, Arthur Penn, Violette de Mazia, Albert C. Barnes, Louis Bouché, Terry Ritter Davis, David Levine, Herman Gundersheimer, Arthur Penn, Minnie Cushing, Paul Mellon, Jackie Kennedy, Jock Whitney, and others. Langdale also recalls Robert Walker, Richard Cowdery, Meredith Long, Seymour Remenick, Dr. Thomas Conroy, and others.