Oral history interview with Leo Castelli
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded as 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 34 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Castelli, Leo
label: Interviewer
content: Rose, Barbara
label: Names
content: Club (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: Leo Castelli Gallery
label: Names
content: Drouin, René
label: Names
content: Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979
label: Names
content: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
label: Names
content: Levy, Julien
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
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: Castelli, Leo
label: Interviewer
content: Rose, Barbara
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leo Castelli (1907-1999) was an art dealer in New York, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 10 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1969 July
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.castel69july
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 Leo Castelli conducted 1969 July, by Barbara Rose, for the Archives of American Art. Castelli speaks of his first gallery with Rene Drouin, 1939; the Surrealists; the post-World War II art scene in New York City; the influence of Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline, and Jackson Pollock; The Club; the Ninth Street Show, 1951; Clement Greenberg and French and Co.; and art movements. He recalls Peggy Guggenheim, Sidney Janis, and Julien Levy.