Oral history interview with Henry Geldzahler
name: label: Interviewee
content: Geldzahler, Henry
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
label: Names
content: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
label: Names
content: National Endowment for the Arts
label: Names
content: Bellamy, Richard
label: Names
content: Bingham, Lois A.
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content: Castelli, Leo
label: Names
content: D'Harnoncourt, Rene, 1901-1968
label: Names
content: Hale, Robert Beverly, 1901-1985
label: Names
content: Hoving, Thomas, 1931-
label: Names
content: Lowe, Harry, 1922-
label: Names
content: Rorimer, James J. (James Joseph), 1905-1966
label: Names
content: Scull, Robert C.
label: Names
content: Stella, Frank
label: Names
content: Stevens, Roger L.
label: Names
content: Warhol, Andy, 1928-1987
topic: label: Topic
content: Curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
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 others.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Geldzahler, Henry
label: Interviewer
content: Cummings, Paul
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Henry Geldzahler (1935-1994) was a curator in New York, N.Y.
function: label: Function
content: Art museums -- New York (State) -- New York
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Sound tape reels (Sound recording, 7 in.)
label: Extent
content: 76 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1970 Jan. 27
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.geldza70
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
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3197 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Henry Geldzahler conducted 1970 Jan. 27, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Geldzahler speaks of his youth and family background; his early interests; his education at Yale and Harvard; the decision to pursue an art career; working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Robert Beverly Hale; working with James Rorimer; his first exhibit; artists and curators he has been associated with; working with Roger Stevens at the National Endowment for the Arts; public interest in museums; working with Thomas Hoving; his opinion of critics; and how he selects works for exhibitions. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Harry Lowe, Lois Bingham, Robert Scull, Leo Castelli, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Rene D'Harnoncourt.