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Interviewee:
Jackson, Brooks, gallery owner  Search this
Interviewer:
Cummings, Paul  Search this
Names:
Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972  Search this
Brauner, Victor, 1903-1966  Search this
Castelli, Leo  Search this
Cornell, Joseph  Search this
De Chirico, Giorgio, 1888-  Search this
Ernst, Max, 1891-1976  Search this
Fini, Leonor, 1908-1996  Search this
Iolas, Alexandros, 1908-1987  Search this
Levy, Julien  Search this
Magritte, RenĂ©, 1898-1967  Search this
Matta, 1912-2002  Search this
Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957  Search this
Extent:
1 Item (Sound recording: 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in)
38 Pages (Transcript)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Pages
Sound recordings
Interviews
Date:
1976 Mar. 22
Scope and Contents:
Interview of Brooks Jackson conducted 1976 Mar. 22, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Jackson speaks of his background; attending the American School of Ballet; why he stopped dancing; his recollections of Madame Hugo; Alexander Iolas' background and his memories of him; how he became interested in art; and working with Iolas. He recalls Alexander Iolas, Pavel Tchelitchew, Giorgio De Chirico, Lenore Fini, Eugene Berman, Victor Brauner, Rene Magritte, Roberto Matta, Max Ernst, Julien Levy, Leo Castelli, Joseph Cornell, and many others.
Biographical / Historical:
Brooks Jackson is an art dealer and former dancer from New York, N.Y. Co-owned and operated the Brooks Jackson Iolas Gallery in New York, N.Y.
Provenance:
These interviews are 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.
Restrictions:
Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
Topic:
Art, American  Search this
Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this
Ballet  Search this
Genre/Form:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Identifier:
AAA.jackso76
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9dd369e00-e5f6-443c-8b71-870ffd681c13
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-jackso76