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Oral history interview with Cheech Marin, 2017 October 16-17

Interviewee:: Marin, Cheech, 1946- Search this

Interviewer:: Franco, Josh T., 1985-0 Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Interviews Search this; Actors -- California -- Interviews Search this; Authors -- California -- Interviews Search this; Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17519; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)391020; AAA_collcode_marin17

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_391020

Oral history interview with Cheech Marin

Interviewee:: Marin, Cheech Search this

Interviewer:: Franco, Josh T., 1985- Search this

Names:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Extent:: 7 Items (sound files (3 hr., 27 min.) Audio, digital, wav); 141 Pages (Transcript)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages; Sound recordings; Interviews

Date:: 2017 October 16-17

Scope and Contents:: An interview with Cheech Marin conducted 2017 October 17-18, by Josh T. Franco, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at Marin's home, in Pacific Palisades, California.; Mr. Marin discusses growing up as a young Chicano in South Central Los Angeles and Granada Hills, California, and his early exposure to the liturgical art of the Catholic Church; his family's use of altars in their homes; his cousins and their independent studies as schoolchildren and his particular focus on art history and classical music; the discouragement by a teacher at at young age to pursue doing art work himself; his early collections of sports memorabilia and ephemera; his wife Natasha Rubin, the pianist, and his former wife Patti Heid, the painter, and his children; his initial interests in Chicano art and the beginnings of his art collecting in this field; the concept of rasquache, especially how it applies to Chicano art; the paintings of Carlos Almaraz; his time working with clay and pottery in college, and as an assistant to the ceramist Ed Drahanchuk. Mr. Marin also describes the work being done to create The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture and Industry in Riverside, California; the importance of the early centers around the country for Chicano art, including Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Texas; his work in film and television; his comedy partner Tommy Chong's interest in New Guinea art; his lecture tours about Chicano art; his assistant Melissa Richardson Banks; the organization of the touring exhibition Chicano Visions [2001-2007]; the potential of Riverside, California as a new mecca for art; the club scene in Hollywood, California in the '70s; his time living in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania and his exposure to the equestrian world; and the salons he and his wife Natasha have conducted in their home as a way to create interaction between Chicano artists and classical musicians. Mr. Marin also recalls Vincent Valdez; Steve Martin; Paul Thiebaud; George Yepes; Robert Berman; Alice Walton; Adán Hernández; Sonya Fe, as well as Stacy King; Belkis Ayón; John Russo; and Luis and Daniel Valdez, among others.

Biographical / Historical:: Cheech Marin (1946- ) is an actor, writer, director, and art collector in Pacific Palisades, California. Josh T. Franco (1985- ) is the National Collector, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

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.

Restrictions:: This interview is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Interviews Search this; Actors -- California -- Interviews Search this; Authors -- California -- Interviews Search this; Motion picture producers and directors -- California -- Interviews Search this

Genre/Form:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Sponsor:: Funding for this interview was provided by Barbara Fleischman.

Identifier:: AAA.marin17

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-marin17

Oral history interview with Tony Ganz, 2014 December 6

Interviewee:: Ganz, Tony, 1947- Search this

Interviewer:: Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter Search this

Subject:: Bonin, Ted Search this; Bontecou, Lee Search this; d'Offay, Anthony Search this; Deitsch, Jeffrey Search this; Fries, Charles W. Search this; Ganz, Paul Search this; Ganz, Sally Search this; Ganz, Sol Search this; Ganz, Victor Search this; Hesse, Eva Search this; Lowry, Glenn D. Search this; Marks, Matthew Search this; Matta-Clark, Gordon Search this; Mutrux, Gail Search this; Oldenburg, Claes Search this; Picasso, Pablo Search this; Smithson, Robert Search this; Stella, Frank Search this; Thek, Paul Search this; Weinberg, Adam D. Search this; Whiteread, Amber Search this; Zwirner, David Search this; D. Lisner Jewelry Search this; Harvard University Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Motion picture producers and directors Search this; Art -- Collectors and collecting Search this; Photography Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)16213; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)368428; AAA_collcode_ganz14

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_368428

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Oral history interview with Helen Zell, 2016 December 5-6

Interviewee:: Zell, Helen, 1942- Search this

Interviewer:: Berman, Avis, 1949- Search this

Subject:: Zell, Helen Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Philanthropists -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17404; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)384312; AAA_collcode_zellh16

Theme:: Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_384312

Oral history interview with Virginia Wright, 2017 March 22- 23

Interviewee:: Wright, Virginia, 1929-2020 Search this

Interviewer:: Riedel, Mija, 1958- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews Search this; Philanthropists -- Washington (State) -- Seattle -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17481; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)388917; AAA_collcode_wright17

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_388917

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Oral history interview with Hanford Yang, 2016 October 28-December 14

Interviewee:: Yang, Hanford, 1929- Search this

Interviewer:: Stein, Judith, 1943- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Architects -- New Jersey -- Interviews Search this; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New Jersey Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17518; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)391019; AAA_collcode_yang16

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_391019

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Oral history interview with Steve Martin, 2013 February 4-5

Interviewee:: Martin, Steve, 1945- Search this

Interviewer:: McElhinney, James, 1952- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Beverly Hills -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)16132; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)363700; AAA_collcode_martin13

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_363700

Oral history interview with Robert E. Meyerhoff, 2014 December 11-12

Interviewee:: Meyerhoff, Robert E., 1924- Search this

Interviewer:: McElhinney, James, 1952- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Interviews Search this; African American art Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)16212; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)368427; AAA_collcode_meyerh14

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_368427

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Oral history interview with Barney A. Ebsworth, 2017 April 12-13

Interviewee:: Ebsworth, Barney A., 1934-2018 Search this

Interviewer:: Riedel, Mija, 1958- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Washington (State) -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17482; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)388918; AAA_collcode_ebswor17

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_388918

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Oral history interview with Hester Diamond, 2017 October 4-5

Interviewee:: Diamond, Hester, 1928-2020 Search this

Interviewer:: Richards, Judith Olch, 1947- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17515; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)390741; AAA_collcode_diamon17

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_390741

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Oral history interview with Peter and Paula Lunder, 2017 October 19-20

Interviewee:: Lunder, Peter, 1933- Search this

Interviewer:: McElhinney, James, 1952-0 Search this

Subject:: Lunder, Paula Crane Search this; Stern, Max Search this; Broun, Elizabeth Search this; Abbott, Jere Search this; Gourley, Hugh J. Search this; Colville, Thomas L. Search this; Twombly, Cy Search this; Walton, Alice Search this; Corwin, Sharon Search this; Cantor, Jay E. Search this; Bixler, Julius Seelye Search this; Greenbaum, Michael D. Search this; Gurney, George Search this; Smithsonian American Art Museum Search this; Norton Gallery and School of Art Search this; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Search this; Colby College Search this; Boston Red Sox (Baseball team) Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Search this; Philanthropists -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17520; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)391113; AAA_collcode_lunder17

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_391113

Oral history interview with Clifford Schorer, 2018

Interviewee:: Schorer, Clifford, 1966- Search this

Interviewer:: Richards, Judith Olch, 1947- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17575; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)394820; AAA_collcode_schore18

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_394820

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Oral history interview with Jon Shirley, 2018 August 7-8

Interviewee:: Shirley, Jon, 1938- Search this

Interviewer:: Riedel, Mija, 1958- Search this

Subject:: Calder, Alexander Search this; Close, Chuck Search this; Microsoft Corporation Search this; Seattle Art Museum Search this; Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting Search this; Art, Modern Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17598; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)396438; AAA_collcode_shirle18

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_396438

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Oral history interview with S.I. Newhouse, Jr. and Victoria Newhouse, 2012 January 4-18

Interviewee:: Newhouse, Samuel Irving, 1927-2017 Search this

Interviewer:: Newhouse, Victoria Search this

Subject:: Newhouse, Victoria Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this; Architectural historians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this; Publishers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17609; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)397087; AAA_collcode_newhou12

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_397087

Oral history interview with Mimi Haas, 2018 Oct. 26

Interviewee:: Haas, Mimi, 1946- Search this

Interviewer:: Riedel, Mija, 1958- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17617; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)397359; AAA_collcode_haas18

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_397359

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Oral history interview with A. Alfred Taubman, 2013 June 6 - July 13

Interviewee:: Taubman, A. Alfred, 1924-2015 Search this

Interviewer:: Berman, Avis, 1949- Search this

Subject:: Hoffmann, Josef Franz Maria Search this; Lichtenstein, Roy Search this; Acquavella, William R. Search this; Pei, I. M. Search this; Meier, Richard Search this; Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Michigan Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)21662; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)398168; AAA_collcode_taubma13

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_398168

Oral history interview with George S. Abrams, 2018 Jan. 25- Oct. 25

Interviewee:: Abrams, George S., 1932- Search this

Interviewer:: Ruby, Louisa Wood, 1959- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Interviews Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17538; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)392270; AAA_collcode_abrams18

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_392270

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Oral history interview with Fleur Bresler, 2018 April 19

Interviewee:: Bresler, Fleur, 1926- Search this

Interviewer:: Adamson, Glenn, 1972- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Interviews; Sound recordings

Topic:: Art patronage -- Maryland Search this; Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Maryland -- Interviews Search this; Handicraft Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)17565; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)394194; AAA_collcode_bresle18

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_394194

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Oral history interview with Eli Broad, 2012 Jan. 30-April 16

Interviewee:: Broad, Eli, 1933- Search this

Interviewer:: Berman, Avis, 1949- Search this

Subject:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Type:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Los Angeles Search this

Record number:: (DSI-AAA_CollID)21654; (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)397960; AAA_collcode_broad12

Data Source:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: edanmdm:AAADCD_oh_397960

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Oral history interview with Steve Martin

Interviewee:: Martin, Steve, 1945- Search this

Interviewer:: McElhinney, James, 1952- Search this

Names:: Art Collectors: A Project in Partnership with the Center for the History of Collecting in America at The Frick Collection Search this

Extent:: 77 Pages (Transcript)

Type:: Collection descriptions; Archival materials; Pages; Sound recordings; Interviews

Date:: 2013 February 4-5

Scope and Contents:: An oral history interview with Steve Martin conducted 2013 February 4-5, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art and the Center for the History of Collecting in America at the Frick Art Reference Library of The Frick Collection, at Martin's home, in Beverly Hills, California.; Martin speaks about his first encounters with art while majoring in philosophy at California State University, Long Beach; the significance of dining at Dalton Trumbo's home with luminaries of the artistic community; how the cost of the up-and-comers of the 1960s has changed since he bought his first print; his perception of art in the 1960s, coinciding with Warhol's eminence; having an art show at the Molly Barnes Gallery called Invisible Art, which he has not discussed since; learning to buy valuable art using the catalogue raisonné; studying American art in college libraries and museums while touring the country as a comedian; his transition from aspiring aesthete to collector of art; his philosophy of collecting, from coins to art; his thoughts on taking custody of paintings; envying other collections as the dark side of collecting; the validity of the artist's statement; trying to describe a painting; notoriety of American artists abroad; seeking an emotional response to art; reading a painting; and the difference between his past and current collecting styles. Martin also recalls Melissa Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo, Phil Carey, Armand Duvantes [sp], Terry Delapp, Gerald Peters, Anne Martin, Eric Fischl, April Gornik, Victoria Dailey and others.

Biographical / Historical:: Interviewee Steve Martin (1945- ) is an art collector, comedian, actor, musician, and author in Beverly Hills, Calif. Interviewer James McElhinney (1952- ) is a painter and educator of New York, N.Y.

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.

Restrictions:: This interview is access restricted; written permission is required. Contact Reference Services for more information.

Topic:: Art -- Collectors and collecting -- California -- Beverly Hills -- Interviews Search this

Genre/Form:: Sound recordings; Interviews

Sponsor:: Funding for this interview was provided by Barbara Fleischman.

Identifier:: AAA.martin13

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-martin13

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