Oral history interview with Sande Webster
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 3 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 6 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hrs.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Webster, Sande
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Sande Webster Gallery
label: Names
content: Wallnuts Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Recherché (Group)
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Women art dealers
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are part of the Archives' 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: Webster, Sande
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sande Webster (1932- ) is an art dealer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 139 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1990 March 13-28
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.webste90
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: 35mm microfilm reel 4780 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Sande Webster conducted 1990 March 13-28, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art Philadelphia Project. Webster speaks of her background and education; her experiences working at the Berg Art Gallery, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania; opening the Wallnuts Gallery in Philadelphia, in 1969, with Meryl Aberman, Sari Robinson, and Denis Webster; the evolution of the gallery from its early years handling crafts, photographs, paintings and sculptures, and framing; changes in the gallery's exhibition philosophy over the years; the departure of the other partners which led to the change in name of the gallery to the Sande Webster Gallery; the opportunities for artists of color in Philadelphia, particularly through her gallery, and she describes the history and evolution of Recherché, a group of African-American artists who exhibit together to gain greater visibility for black artists, the commercial and critical response to the group, and to each of its members. She discusses the commercial and critical response to the group and each of its members. She comments upon the Philadelphia gallery scene and changes over the past twenty years.