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Interviewee:
Ankrum, Joan  Search this
Interviewer:
Karlstrom, Paul J., 1941-  Search this
Subject:
Ankrum, Morris  Search this
Broderson, Morris  Search this
Feitelson, Lorser  Search this
Lundeberg, Helen  Search this
Hirshhorn, Joseph H.  Search this
Jackson, Martha Kellogg  Search this
Zeitlin, Jake  Search this
Ankrum Gallery  Search this
Pasadena Playhouse  Search this
Type:
Sound recordings
Interviews
Place of publication, production, or execution:
California
Physical Description:
195 Pages, Transcript
General Note:
Originally recorded on 6 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 24 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 50 min.
Summary:
An interview of Joan Ankrum conducted 1997 November 5-1998 February 4, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Pasadena, California.
Ankrum discusses her status as a role model for women due to her independence in leaving a difficult marriage and establishing a new career; her theater and film career and association with the Pasadena Playhouse; her discovery of Morris Broderson, the hearing-impaired nephew of her husband Morris Ankrum; encouraging Broderson's artistic talent and efforts to help him learn to speak and interact socially; her career as director of the Ankrum Gallery in Los Angeles and the artists, collectors and dealers she became involved with, among them Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg, Joseph Hirshhorn, Martha Jackson and Jake Zeitlin.
Citation:
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Joan Ankrum, 1997 November 5-1998 February 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding:
Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Biography Note:
Joan Ankrum (1913-2001) was a gallery owner from Los Angeles, California.
Language Note:
English .
Provenance:
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.
Location Note:
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
Topic:
Women artists  Search this
Women art dealers  Search this
Deaf artists  Search this
Hearing impaired  Search this
Theme:
Women  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)12691
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)216355
AAA_collcode_ankrum97
Theme:
Women
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_216355