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Interviewee:

Spanierman, Ira  Search this

Interviewer:

McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-  Search this

Creator:

Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation  Search this

Names:

Cooper-Hewitt Museum.  Search this

Savoy Gallery  Search this

Spanierman Gallery  Search this

Syracuse University -- Students  Search this

Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation  Search this

Adler, A. M. (Abraham M), 1902-1985  Search this

Fraad, Daniel  Search this

Fraad, Rita  Search this

Gerds, Abigail  Search this

Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987  Search this

Halles, Bruce  Search this

Halles, Diane  Search this

Heinrich, Hans  Search this

Hirsch, Norman  Search this

Leroy, Roy  Search this

Newington, Barbara  Search this

Noortman, Rob  Search this

Novak, Barbara  Search this

Poskas, Peter  Search this

Terra, Daniel J., 1911-1996  Search this

Thaw, Eugene Victor  Search this

Warner, Jack  Search this

Wilson, Peter  Search this

Woodner, Ian  Search this

Extent:

63 Pages (Trancript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2007 June 6-12

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Ira Spanierman conducted June 6-12, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art, in the Spanierman Gallery, New York, New York. Spanierman speaks of growing up and living in New York City his whole life; the influence of working in his father's antique store; studying English at Syracuse University; how he got involved in the art business; becoming an auctioneer at Savoy Gallery working with silver and arms and armor; his collecting preferences; the influence of the Internet and technology; changes in the art market among buyers and collectors; the development and growth of art auctions; opening his first gallery and what kind of art he showed; interest in dealing 19th and 20th century American art; the kind of clientele he attracted; the Spanierman Gallery catalogues and publication program; publishing and distributing the catalogue raisonné; working and collaborating with other institutions like the Cooper-Hewitt; working with a panel of scholars to identify work that was fraud; the various kinds of collectors he has dealt with in the past and what kind of collectors he prefers to work with; opening a contemporary and modern wing to the gallery and the motivation behind that; relationships with artists; exhibiting members of the Ashcan School, the Ten, and the Hudson River School; trying to find artists that have been overlooked in the past and promoting a re-emergence of these figures and their work; a number of mentors in his life including Abe Adler and Roy Leroy; advice for younger collectors; what he sees in the future for the art market; a shift in privately owned art being turned over to museums; the educational aspect of his gallery; future goals of his gallery; the role of the museum today; what he has contributed to the art world; and how he would like to be remembered and thought of in the future. Spanierman also recalls Peter Wilson, Gene Thaw, Lloyd Goodrich, Abigail Gerds, Peter Poskas, Hans Heinrich, Daniel Terra, Jack Warner, Diane and Bruce Halles, Daniel and Rita Fraad, Barbara Newington, Robert Noortman, Ian Woodner, Barbara Novak, Roy Leroy, Abraham Adler, Norman Hirsch and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Ira Spanierman is a gallery owner from New York, New York. James McElhinney (1952- ) is a painter and educator from New York, New York.

General:

Originally recorded on 2 sound discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 21 min.

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.

Topic:

Art, American -- 19th century  Search this

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Ashcan school of art  Search this

Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview was provided by the Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation.

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.

Identifier:

AAA.spanie07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-spanie07

Interviewee:

Spanierman, Ira, 1928-  Search this

Interviewer:

McElhinney, James, 1952-  Search this

Subject:

Adler, A. M. (Abraham M)  Search this

Fraad, Daniel  Search this

Fraad, Rita  Search this

Gerds, Abigail  Search this

Goodrich, Lloyd  Search this

Halles, Bruce  Search this

Halles, Diane  Search this

Heinrich, Hans  Search this

Hirsch, Norman  Search this

Leroy, Roy  Search this

Newington, Barbara  Search this

Novak, Barbara  Search this

Terra, Daniel J.  Search this

Thaw, Eugene Victor  Search this

Warner, Jack  Search this

Wilson, Peter  Search this

Poskas, Peter  Search this

Noortman, Rob  Search this

Woodner, Ian  Search this

Cooper-Hewitt Museum.  Search this

Savoy Gallery  Search this

Syracuse University  Search this

Spanierman Gallery  Search this

Widgeon Point Charitable Foundation  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Topic:

Art, American -- 19th century  Search this

Art, American -- 20th century  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting  Search this

Ashcan school of art  Search this

Gallery owners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews  Search this

Hudson River school of landscape painting  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)13617

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)270857

AAA_collcode_spanie07

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_270857