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

Interviewee:: Martin, Steve, 1945- Search this; 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; 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:: 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 Tony Ganz, 2014 December 6

Interviewee:: Ganz, Tony, 1947- Search this; 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; 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

Theme:: Chicago's Art-Related Archival Materials: A Terra Foundation Resource 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; 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 Barney A. Ebsworth, 2017 April 12-13

Interviewee:: Ebsworth, Barney A., 1934-2018 Search this; 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; 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 Hanford Yang, 2016 October 28-December 14

Interviewee:: Yang, Hanford, 1929- Search this; 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 Cheech Marin, 2017 October 16-17

Interviewee:: Marin, Cheech, 1946- Search this; Marin, Cheech, 1946- Search this

Interviewer:: Franco, Josh T., 1985- 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 Peter and Paula Lunder, 2017 October 19-20

Interviewee:: Lunder, Peter, 1933- Search this; Lunder, Peter, 1933- Search this

Interviewer:: McElhinney, James, 1952- 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 George S. Abrams, 2018 Jan. 25- Oct. 25

Interviewee:: Abrams, George S., 1932- Search this; 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; 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 Clifford Schorer, 2018

Interviewee:: Schorer, Clifford, 1966- Search this; 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; 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; 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; 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; 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 Eli Broad, 2012 Jan. 30-April 16

Interviewee:: Broad, Eli, 1933- Search this; 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 A. Alfred Taubman, 2013 June 6 - July 13

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

Interviewee:: Shirley, Jon, 1938- Search this

Interviewer:: Riedel, Mija, 1958- 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; Microsoft Corporation Search this; Pilchuck Glass Center (Stanwood, Wash.) Search this; Seattle Art Museum Search this; Calder, Alexander, 1898-1976 Search this; Close, Chuck, 1940- Search this

Extent:: 6 Items (sound files (4 hr., 35 min.) Audio, digital, wav); 75 Pages (Transcript)

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

Date:: 2018 August 7-8

Scope and Contents:: An interview with Jon Shirley conducted 2018 August 7-8, by Mija Riedel, 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 Shirley's home in Medina, Washington.; Mr. Shirley recalls hiring architect George Suyama to design a 23,000-square-foot home to house the art collection Shirley was assembling with his wife, Mary; growing up in Honolulu, Philadelphia, and Puerto Rico as his father was in the military; an influential humanities class at the Hill School; discovering Alexander Calder while still in high school; studying at MIT; his 25-year tenure with Radio Shack and Tandy International Electronics stores; a five-year period in Brussels that expanded his knowledge of art; his and Mary's move to Seattle and subsequent engagement with art glass and Pilchuck; becoming president of Microsoft and taking the company public; the evolution of his Alexander Calder collection to 40+ works (what has been called the best privately held Calder collection in the U.S.); his 30+ year friendship with Chuck Close, collecting more than 30 of his works, and financing "The Portrait Speaks;" his long-term engagement with the Seattle Art Museum and in particular the founding and endowing of the Olympic Sculpture Park; Mary's death in 2013 and Shirley's subsequent remarriage to Kim Richter; and endeavoring to restore Calder's only posthumously made work, "Mountain and Clouds," in the Hart Senate Office Building. Shirley also recalls working with Robert Mnuchin, Anthony Grant, Sandy Rower, Tobias Meyer, Robert Storr, Patterson Sims, Arne Glimcher, Jinny Wright, Barney Ebsworth and the Pace Gallery; acquiring works by Magdalena Abakanowicz, Jesús Moroles, Marino Marini, Mark Rothko, Gerhard Richter, Mark di Suvero, Claes Oldenburg, David Smith, Joan Mitchell, Korean Dansaekhwa artists, Constantin Brancusi ("Bird in Space") and Alberto Giacometti ("Dog"); and building a collection of 350+ works of sculpture and post-WWI paintings.

Biographical / Historical:: Jon Shirley (1938- ) is a retired president, chief operating officer, and director of the Microsoft corporation, and a collector of Modern art, in Medina, Washington. Mija Riedel (1958- ) is a writer and editor in San Francisco, California.

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:: The transcript and recording are open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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

Genre/Form:: Sound recordings; Interviews

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

Identifier:: AAA.shirle18

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-shirle18

Oral history interview with Clifford Schorer

Interviewee:: Schorer, Clifford, 1966- Search this

Interviewer:: Richards, Judith Olch 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:: 5 Items (sound files (3 hr., 57 min.) Audio, digital, wav); 110 Pages (Transcript)

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

Date:: 2018, June 6-7

Scope and Contents:: An interview with Clifford Schorer conducted 2018 June 6-7, by Judith Olch Richards, 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 the offices of the Archives of American Art in New York, New York.; Schorer discusses growing up in Massachusetts and Long Island, New York; his family and his Dutch and German heritage, and his grandparents' collecting endeavors, especially in the field of philately; his reluctance to complete a formal high school education and his subsequent enrollment in the University Professors Program at Boston University; his work as a self-taught computer programmer beginning at the age of 16; his first businesses as an entrepreneur; the beginnings of his collection of Chinese export and Imperial ceramics and his self-study in the field; his experiences at a young age at art auctions in the New England area; his travels to Montreal and Europe, especially to Eastern Europe, Paris, and London, and his interest in world history; his decision to exit the world of collecting Chinese porcelain and his subsequent interest in Old Master paintings, especially Italian Baroque. Schorer also describes his discovery of the Worcester Art Museum and his subsequent work there on the Museum's board and as president; his interest in paleontology and his current house by Walter Gropius in Provincetown, MA; his involvement with the purchase and support of Agnew's Gallery based in London, UK, and his work with its director, Anthony Crichton-Stuart; his thoughts on marketing at art shows and adapting Agnew's to the changing market for the collecting of Old Masters; the differences between galleries and auction houses in the art market today; and his expectations for his collection in the future. Schorer also recalls Anna Cunningham; George Abrams; Sydney Lewis; Chris Apostle; Nancy Ward Neilson; Jim Welu, as well as Rita Albertson; Tanya Paul; Maryan Ainsworth; Thomas Leysen; Johnny Van Haeften; Otto Naumann; and Konrad Bernheimer, among others.

Biographical / Historical:: Clifford Schorer (1966- ) is an art collector in Boston, Massachusetts and London, England. Judith Olch Richards (1947- ) is former executive director of iCI in New York, New York.

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:: The transcript and recording are open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.

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

Genre/Form:: Sound recordings; Interviews

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

Identifier:: AAA.schore18

Archival Repository:: Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:: ead_collection:sova-aaa-schore18

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

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

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Oral history interview with Fleur Bresler, 2018 April 19

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