Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers
name: label: Creator
content: Gore, Marian L.
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content: Ankrum Gallery
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content: Ceeje Gallery
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content: Comara Gallery
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content: Dwan Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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content: Ferus Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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content: KPFK (Radio staion : Los Angeles, Calif.)
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content: Silvan Simone Gallery
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content: Albers, Josef
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content: Albert, Michel (artist)
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content: Ankrum, Joan
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content: Blair, Streeter, 1888-1966
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content: Brigante, Nicholas P., 1895-1989
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content: Carter, Earl
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content: Cremean, Robert, 1932-
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content: Cuevas, José Luis, 1934-
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content: Elliot, James, 1943-2011
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content: Falkenstein, Claire, 1908-1997
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content: Geoffrey, J. Iqbal, 1939-
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content: Gerchik, Paul
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content: Goeritz, Mathias, 1915-1990
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content: Greene, Balcomb, 1904-1990
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content: Hansen, Jurgen
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content: Hopps, Walter
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content: Kuntz, Roger, 1926-1975
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content: Leavitt, Thomas W.
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content: Lebrun, Rico, 1900-1964
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content: Lipchitz, Jacques, 1891-1973
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content: Luna, Mario
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content: Mallary, Robert, 1917-1997
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content: Nevelson, Louise (1899-1988)
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content: Ortiz, Emilio, 1936-
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content: Robles, Esther, 1907-2001
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content: Schniede, Otto
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content: Schwaderer, Fritz (Fritz Karl), 1901-
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content: Siqueiros, David Alfaro, 1896-1974
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content: Tamayo, Rufino, 1899-1991
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content: Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001
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content: Wark, Robert R.
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content: Wayne, June, 1918-2011
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles
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content: Curators -- California -- Los Angeles
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content: Gallery owners -- California
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content: Artists -- California -- Los Angeles
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1997 by Marian Gore.
creator: label: Creator
content: Gore, Marian L.
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content: Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1969, with all sound recordings dated between 1962 and 1964.  The core of the collection consists of 37 radio programs recorded by Marian Gore for KPFK radio in Los Angeles, California, consisting of interviews with artists, collectors, gallerists, and museum curators.  A series of artist files contains notes, correspondence and other materials related to her interview subjects, and a printed materials series contains mainly exhibition posters, programs, and announcements produced by the art spaces with which her subjects were affiliated.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marian L. Gore (1914-2009) volunteered as a radio interviewer for KPFK between 1962-1964, conducting a series of interviews with Los Angeles-area artists, curators, collectors, and gallerists in response to a growing awareness of Los Angeles' rapidly growing role as a creative center and art market. 

Born Marian Lucille Moore on Feb. 27, 1914, in Los Angeles to Fred and Lucille Moore.  Fred Moore, an attorney, defended Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti in the infamous 1921 trial. Following her divorce in the early 1960s, Gore approached the radio station KPFK, who was looking for someone to interview local artists.  In a 1997 letter that accompanied her donation of the collection to the Archives, Gore writes,

"The early 1960's were an interesting and probably unique period for the Southern California art world.  In Los Angeles on La Cienega Boulevard galleries had sprung up like mushrooms, and on Friday nights those who were interested in this scene would go from one gallery to another noting what artists were featured and what trends were apparent.  It was a pleasurable way to meet artists as well as a social event where one could see friends and exchange impressions.

"Because I was searching for something to do, at the suggestion of a friend I had gone to radio station KPFK to volunteer my services in any way possible.  It turned out to be a most fortuitous time for this offer.  The management was interested in possible intervie3ws with artists, and so it all began. I had never done an interview in my life and was astounded to discover how easy it was to get artists, gallery owners, and even museum personnel to talk aobut what they did. Once this began I was swaped with requests for taped interviews, far more than I could manage."

Gore later became an antiquarian bookseller specializing in books on food and drink. She retired in 1994 and donated her book collection to the Los Angeles Public Library.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2.2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1969
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
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content: AAA.goremari
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content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Sound recordings
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Transcripts
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged in 3 series:

Series 1: "Art Scene" Interviews (1.3 linear feet, Boxes 1-2, 4)

Series 2: Artist Files (0.2 linear feet, Boxes 2, 4)

Series 3: Printed Materials (0.7 linear feet, Boxes 3-4, OV 5)
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: All of the sound recordings in this collection were digitized for research access in 2010 and are available at the Archives of American Art offices.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
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content: Photographs
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content: Interviews
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content: Transcripts
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Marian Gore "Art Scene" interviews and papers measure 2.2 linear feet and date from 1958 to 1969, with all sound recordings dated between 1962 and 1964.  The core of the collection consists of 37 radio programs recorded by Marion Gore for KPFK radio in Los Angeles, California, consisting of interviews with artists, collectors, gallerists, and museum curators.  A series of artist files contains notes, correspondence and other materials related to her interview subjects, and a printed materials series contains mainly exhibition posters, programs, and announcements produced by the art spaces with which her subjects were affiliated.

The "Art Scene" Interviews series contains 36 interviews from Gore's "Art Scene" radio series of interviews relating to the contemporary art scene in Los Angeles, particularly galleries and artists showing on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood.  Also found is a single episode of another KPFK program called "Seen at the galleries" and hosted by Earl Carter, featuring an interview with Jacques Lipchitz on the occasion of his retrospective at UCLA. Two interviews, with Mathias Goeritz and David Siqueiros, were conducted in Mexico City.  Other interview subjects include Michel Albert, Josef Albers, Joan Ankrum, Streeter Blair, Nick Brigante, Robert Cremean, José Luis Cuevas, James Elliott, Claire Falkenstein, Balcomb Greene, Paul Gerchik, Jurgen Hansen, Walter Hopps, Roger Kuntz, Rico Lebrun, Dr. Thomas Leavitt, Jacques Lipchitz, Mario Luna, Robert Mallary, Louise Nevelson, Emilio Ortiz, Esther Robles, Otto Schniede, Fritz Schwaderer, Rufino Tamayo, Esteban Vicente, Robert Wark, and June Wayne.

Artist files include mainly brief, typewritten notes created for Gore's radio interviews, with the questions she asked her interview subjects and brief introductory or concluding remarks.  Correspondence is also found in files for Robert Cremean, Iqbal Geoffrey, Balcomb Greene, Robert Mallary, Emilio Ortiz, and Esteban Vicente. Louise Nevelson's file also contains a transcript of her interview with Gore.  Also found scattered in some files are notes, photographs, clippings, press releases, resumes, and exhibition programs.  Note that not every person in this series has a corresponding sound recording in Series 1, and not every interviewee in Series 1 has a corresponding file in this series.

Most of the material in the Printed Materials series consists of exhibition announcements, programs, and posters from Galleries in the Los Angeles, California area, particularly those along La Cienega Boulevard.  Of these, Ankrum Gallery, Ceeje Gallery, Comara Gallery, Dwan Gallery, Ferus Gallery, and Silvan Simone Gallery on Olympic Boulevard contain the most material, with many of the other files containing only one or two pieces. Of note are original prints promoting exhibitions at the Ferus and Ceeje Galleries, and a poster for an art walk along La Cienega Boulevard in the file for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.