Oral history interview with Peter Howard Selz
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 6 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 9 digital wav files. Duration is 4 hr., 31 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-2019
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Francis, Sam, 1923-1994
label: Names
content: Hartley, Marsden, 1877-1943
label: Names
content: Magritte, René, 1898-1967
label: Names
content: Pascin, Jules, 1885-1930
label: Names
content: Rothko, Mark, 1903-1970
label: Names
content: Stieglitz, Alfred, 1864-1946
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art historians -- California -- Berkeley -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Selz, Peter Howard, 1919-2019
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Peter Howard Selz (1919-2019 ) was a curator and art historian from Berkeley, California.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 80 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1982 July 28-October 12
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.selz82
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 3199 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 Peter Howard Selz conducted 1982 July 28-1982 October 12, by Paul J. Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Selz speaks of his early interest in art; his immigration to the United States in 1935; meeting Alfred Stieglitz; his career as an art historian and how it developed; exhibitions he organized; art and its relationship to politics; developments in contemporary American art and the study of art history; the Mark Rothko estate trial; and his current work. He recalls Marsden Hartley, Rene Magritte, Sam Francis, and Jules Pascin.