Oral history interview with Gertrude Kasle
name: label: Interviewee
content: Kasle, Gertrude, 1917-2016
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- Michigan -- Detroit
label: Topic
content: Art, American
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, Abstract -- Collectors and collecting
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives' 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: Kasle, Gertrude, 1917-2016
label: Interviewer
content: Barrie, Dennis
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Gertrude Kasle (1917-2016) was an art collector, consultant, and art dealer. She was born in New York City, and later lived and worked in Detroit, Michigan, where she owned and operated the Kasle Gallery (1965-1976), known for its contemporary art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 45 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 July 24
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.kasle75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound tape reels
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Gertrude Kasle conducted 1975 July 24, by Dennis Barrie, for the Archives of American Art. She discusses her early years in New York; opening the Kasle Gallery in Detroit; working with contemporary art and artists; introducing contemporary art to audiences in Michigan; the Detroit arts scene, and media coverage, among other topics. She discusses artists who exhibited at her gallery, including Philip Guston, Grace Hartigan, Larry Rivers, Jack Tworkov, Robert Motherwell, Helen Frankenthaler, Willem de Kooning, Brenda Goodman, Ian Hornak, and Al Loving, among others.