Oral history interview with Raymond J. Horowitz
name: label: Interviewee
content: Horowitz, Raymond J.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- Interviews
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: Horowitz, Raymond J.
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Raymond J. Horowitz (1916-2005) was a collector from New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound tape reel (Sound recording, 5 in.)
label: Extent
content: 29 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1973 Jan. 17
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.horowi73
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
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Raymond J. Horowitz conducted 1973 Jan. 17, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Horowitz speaks of his background and education; the beginnings of his collection; methods of selecting art works; art dealers and advisors; gifts to museums; and an exhibition of his collection at the Metropolitan Museum. He discusses his current collecting interests.