Oral history interview with Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 38 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Moldawer, Marc, 1922-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Interviewee
content: Swenson, Kathryn, 1926-1986
label: Interviewee
content: Wilson, Robert
label: Names
content: Bess, Forrest, 1911-1977
label: Names
content: MacAgy, Jermayne, 1914-1964
label: Names
content: Menil, Dominique de
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Texas -- Houston
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- Texas -- Houston
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: Moldawer, Marc, 1922-2007
label: Interviewer
content: Levy, Sandra Curtis
label: Interviewee
content: Swenson, Kathryn, 1926-1986
label: Interviewee
content: Wilson, Robert
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Marc Moldawer (1922-2007), Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson are art dealers from Houston, Tex.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 62 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1984 Aug. 15
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.moldaw84
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: 35mm microfilm reel 3752 available for use 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 Marc Moldawer, Kathryn Swenson, and Robert Wilson conducted 1984 Aug. 15, by Sandra Curtis Levy, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Moldawer, Swenson, and Wilson speak of the art scene in Houston in the 1950s and how each came to be involved in it; the development of the New Arts Gallery; artists whose work was shown in the early days of the gallery; problems in collecting; the closing of the New Arts Gallery; the relationship between art and architecture; Houston as an arts community; ethnic exhibits; definitions of art. They recall Jermayne MacAgy, Forrest Bess, and Dominique de Menil.