Oral history interview with Nathan Halper
name: label: Interviewee
content: Halper, Nathan
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
label: Names
content: Beachcombers (Organization)
label: Names
content: H.C. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)
label: Names
content: H.C.E. Gallery (Provincetown, Mass.)
label: Names
content: Dickinson, Edwin Walter, 1891-1978
label: Names
content: Hawthorne, Charles Webster, 1872-1930
label: Names
content: Hofmann, Hans, 1880-1966
label: Names
content: Kootz, Samuel Melvin, 1898-1982
label: Names
content: Motherwell, Robert
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Massachusetts -- Provincetown
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Halper, Nathan
label: Interviewer
content: Brown, Robert F.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Nathan Halper (1907-1983) was an art dealer, writer, and James Joyce scholar from Provincetown, Mass.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: Sound recording: 1 sound cassette and 1 sound tape reel
label: Extent
content: 125 Pages (Transcription)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980 July 8-Aug. 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.halper80
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 available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An Interview of Nathan Halper conducted 1980 July 8-1980 Aug. 14, by Robert Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Halper speaks of his family background and early interest in art; the beginning of his painting career; getting involved with the Beachcombers; the art scene in Provincetown in the 1930s and 1940s; his circle of artist friends; and Hans Hofmann's influence. Halper also speaks of his experiences with his own gallery, H.C. and H.C.E. Gallery. He recalls Edwin Dickinson, Charles Webster Hawthorne, Sam Kootz, and Robert Motherwell.