Oral history interview with Ivan C. Karp
name: label: Creator
content: Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012
label: Creator
content: Brach, Paul, 1924-
label: Interviewer
content: Cohen, Ronny
label: Names
content: Leo Castelli Gallery
label: Names
content: O.K. Harris Gallery (New York, N.Y.)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York
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.
creator: label: Creator
content: Karp, Ivan C., 1926-2012
label: Creator
content: Brach, Paul, 1924-
label: Interviewer
content: Cohen, Ronny
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Ivan C. Karp (1926-2012) was an art dealer and director of the OK Harris Gallery, New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Sound cassettes
label: Extent
content: 87 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1986 April 17-1988 October 18
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.karp86
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound cassettes
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Interviews
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript available on line at http://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/oralhistories/transcripts/karp86.htm
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Ivan C. Karp conducted 1986 April 17-1988 October 18, by Ronny Cohen for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Karp discusses his background, working at the Leo Castelli Gallery from 1959 to 1969; the process of opening the OK Harris Gallery in 1969 in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City; his perception of art collectors and the nature of art collecting; the New York art scene from the 1960s through the 1980s; how art work is priced; artists he considers to be overvalued; and how one knows which art works have value. He mentions Leo Castelli, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, David Salle, Mark Rothko, and Anselm Kiefer.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Paul Henry Brach (painter, New York, New York) joins the discussion on the third tape recorded on October 18, 1988.