Oral history interview with Serge Sabarsky
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 10 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Sabarsky, Serge
label: Interviewer
content: Long, Rose-Carol Washton
label: Names
content: Serge Sabarsky Gallery
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Expressionism (Art)
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 administrators. Funding for this interview was provided by the Art Dealers Association.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Sabarsky, Serge
label: Interviewer
content: Long, Rose-Carol Washton
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Serge Sabarsky (1912-1996) was an art dealer, operating the Serge Sabarsky Gallery, New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 35 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1993 April 22
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.sabars93
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 Serge Sabarsky conducted 1993 April 22, by Rose-Carol Washton Long, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Sabarsky talks about his youth in Vienna, where he worked as a designer for a theater and a circus before leaving for Paris after the Anschluss. He recalls being an avid reader, where he gained most of his education and his credo that life is a steady, learning process. He remembers coming to New York and working in the garment business, fighting in WWII, and returning to work as a contractor in New York. He describes how, after many years as a contractor, he bought his first work of art and decided in 1968 to open a gallery specializing in German and Austrian expressionism. Sabarsky discusses the art industry, his customers, and his work putting together travelling exhibitions. He mentions the classes in art dealing that he has taught at New York University.