Oral history interview with Robert Carlen
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 28 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Carlen, Robert, 1906-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
label: Names
content: Carl Schurz Memorial Foundation
label: Names
content: Pyramid Club (Philadelphia, Pa.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: African American societies
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Carlen, Robert, 1906-1990
label: Interviewer
content: Pacini, Marina
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Robert Carlen (1906-1990) was an art dealer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988 March 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.carlen88
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 Robert Carlen conducted 1988 March 17, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: This interview was conducted as a follow-up to his 1985 interview with Catherine Stover. Carlen speaks of Black artists in Philadelphia; various artists Carlen knew over the years; and the Carl Schurtz Foundation and the Pyramid Club.