Oral history interview with John Coplans
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 6 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Coplans, John
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Artforum
label: Names
content: Alloway, Lawrence, 1926-1990
label: Names
content: Blum, Irving, 1930-
label: Names
content: Fried, Michael
label: Names
content: Hopps, Walter
label: Names
content: Leider, Philip, 1929-
label: Names
content: Rose, Barbara
topic: label: Occupation
content: Editors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: These interviews are 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: Coplans, John
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: John Coplans (1920- 2003) was an art administrator, editor, photograph, and educator of New York, New York. Born in London, England; died in Manhattan, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 133 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975 April 4-1977 August 4
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.coplan75
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of John Coplans conducted 1975 April. 4-1977 August 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art, in New York City.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Coplans speaks of his educational background; the founding and development of ARTFORUM magazine; ARTFORUM staff writers including Lawrence Alloway, Michael Fried, Philip Leider, and Barbara E. Rose; and the influence of Irving Blum and Walter Hopps on California artists and collectors. Coplans also discusses the art market in New York and in California, and talks about his career as a teacher, editor, gallery director, critic, and museum curator.