Oral history interview with Betty Parsons
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hrs., 7 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Betty Parsons Gallery
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Wakefield Gallery
label: Names
content: Gorky, Arshile, 1904-1948
label: Names
content: Graham, John, 1887-1961
label: Names
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
label: Names
content: Newman, Barnett, 1905-1970
label: Names
content: Okada, Kenzo, 1902-1982
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Parsons, Betty, 1900-1982
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Betty Parsons (1900-1982) was a painter and art dealer from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 44 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969 June 4-9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.parson69
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 Betty Parsons conducted 1969 June 4-9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Parsons speaks of her family background; her years in Paris; living in California for four years; teaching sculpture and drawing; the Wakefield Gallery; the establishment of her own gallery, and some of her clients and artists; a pre-Columbian show at her gallery; the New York gallery scene; her own collection; her affiliation with Arshile Gorky and John Graham; the importance of The Club; and the influence of critics and art magazines. She recalls Kenzo Okada, Barnett Newman and Sidney Janis.