Oral history interview with Vera List
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hrs., 22 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: List, Vera
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Jewish Museum (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
label: Names
content: Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Whitney Museum of American Art
label: Names
content: List, Albert A.
label: Names
content: Segal, George, 1924-2000
label: Names
content: Solomon, Alan R., 1920-1970
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art patrons -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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: List, Vera
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Vera List Patron (1908-2002) was a collector from Byram, Conn.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 35 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 Jan. 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.list73
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Vera List conducted 1973 Jan. 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. List speaks of her early life and family; her family's interests in art; her marriage to Albert List; living in Cleveland, New York, and Connecticut; starting her collection of paintings and sculpture; her purchases of works by young artists; and the personal and emotional reasons for collecting. She discusses her affiliation with the Jewish Museum, Lincoln Center, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Whitney Museum, and she recalls Alan Solomon, George Segal, and Albert A. List.