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Leo Castelli Gallery records, circa 1880-2000, bulk 1957-1999. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Interviews
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Tony Ganz, 2014 December 6. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Motion picture producers and directors Search this
Gallery of Modern Art including the Huntington Hartford Collection (See also Hartford, Huntington)
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Gallery Press
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Ganley, Robert David
Ganz, Sally
Garber, Daniel
Garden and Home Builder
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Gardner, Mrs. John L.
Garelick's Gallery
Garfield National Bank
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Garrett, Mrs. George
Garrett, Mrs. John W.
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Gatch, Elsie Driggs (See Driggs, Elsie)
Gates, Clinton H.
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Collection Citation:
Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries records, 1858-1969 (bulk 1919-1968). Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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Funding for the digitization of the microfilm of this collection was provided by the Terra Foundation for American Art
An interview with Tony Ganz conducted 2014 December 6, by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp, 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 Ganz's home in Brentwood, California.
Ganz speaks of his parents, siblings, and early childhood; growing up in New York city; his family's collection and interest in art; collecting Picasso; going to museums and galleries as a kid; understanding Picasso; Putney School; his interest in photography and film; attending Harvard; making films; meeting his wife; beginning collecting; collecting drawings; building his collection; equity; Eva Hesse; Amber Whiteread; Gordon Matta-Clark; Moving to Beachwood Canyon; Robert Smithson; Paul Thek; Ted Bonin; Claes Oldenberg; Frank Stella; plan for his collection; following one's intuition; ones that got away; and friends in the art world. Ganz also recalls Victor and Sally Ganz, Paul Ganz, Sol Ganz, D. Lisner Jewelry, Chuck Fries, Gail Mutrux, Matthew Marks, Anthony D'Offay, Jeffrey Deitsch, Lee Bontecou, David Zwirner, Adam Weinberg, and Glenn Lowry.
Biographical / Historical:
Tony Ganz (1947-) is a film producer in Brentwood, California. Hunter Drohojowska-Philp is an art critic and writer from Beverly Hills, California.
General:
Originally recorded on 2 SD memory cards as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 2 hr., 4 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.
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This transcript is open for research. Access to the entire recording is restricted. Contact Reference Services for more information.
The collection of Victor and Sally Ganz : auction Monday, 10 November 1997 at 7:00 p.m. ... / catalogue essays by Andrew Butterfield, Richard Francis, Jonathan Rendell and Laura Nagle
