Oral history interview with Richard Solomon
name: label: Interviewee
content: Solomon, Richard, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Prints, American -- 20th century
label: Topic
content: Prints -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Solomon, Richard, 1934-
label: Interviewer
content: McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Richard (Dick) Solomon (1934- ) is a print publisher and dealer in New York, New York. James McElhinney (1952- ) is a painter and educator in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items (Sound recording, master: 4 sound files (4 hrs., 27 min.), digital, wav)
label: Extent
content: 98 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2015 October 25- 29
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.solomo15
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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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: An interview of Richard (Dick) Solomon, conducted 26 and 29 October 2015, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Solomon speaks of new developments in collecting practices in the art world; the relative cachet of prints versus other media; how he became a collector; studying business at Harvard Business School; his entry into the print business; how he became involved at Pace Prints; buying the List Art Poster business; art fairs as the new paradigm for selling art; the relative appeal of print fairs; how different types of reproductions are marketed and sold; serving on the acquisitions board at the Whitney Museum; changes in the print and art market due to new technologies, including the internet; and his advice to young art industry aspirants. Solomon also recalls Chuck Close, Jim Dine, Sol Lewitt, Agnes Martin, Arnold Glimcher, Robert Mangold, Louise Nevelson, Shepard Fairey, Lucas Samaras, Jacob Lewis, Ernie Trova, Aldo Crommelynck, and others.