Oral history interview with Lawrence A. Fleischman
name: label: Interviewee
content: Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews
label: Topic
content: Art, American
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: Fleischman, Lawrence A. (Lawrence Arthur), 1925-1997
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Lawrence A. Fleischman (1925-1997) was an art dealer, gallery owner, collector, and publisher; New York, N.Y.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 88 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 Feb. 28-Mar. 9
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fleisc70
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 Lawrence A. Fleischman conducted 1970 Feb. 28-Mar. 9, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
label: Scope and Contents
content: He discusses a show of American Art in Russia; international reactions to American Art; working for the United States Information Agency; art in the White House; the expansion of the Detroit Institute of Art. He gives his opinion on the state of collecting and dealing; on different approaches to dealing; the academic world. He discusses Ivan Albright, John Baur, Mrs. Edsel Ford, Lloyd Goodrich, Edith Halpert, John Marin, Edgar P. Richardson, Ted Richardson, George Schreiber, Ben Shahn, Franklin Watkins, Bill Woolfenden, and others.