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Interviewee:

Gray, Richard, 1928-2018  Search this

Interviewer:

McElhinney, James Lancel, 1952-  Search this

Names:

University of Illinois. -- Student  Search this

Boris, Harry  Search this

De Kooning, Willem, 1904-1997  Search this

Emmerich, André  Search this

Fabricant, Andrew  Search this

Gaudí, Antoni, 1852-1926  Search this

Gray, Paul  Search this

Klamen, David, 1961-  Search this

Louis, Morris, 1912-1962  Search this

Noland, Kenneth, 1924-2010  Search this

Olitski, Jules, 1922-2007  Search this

Plensa, Jaume, 1955-  Search this

Stone, Allan  Search this

Extent:

1 Item (Sound recording, master: 1 sound disc (1 hr., 45 min.), digital, 2 5/8 in.)

41 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2007 Dec. 9

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Richard Gray conducted 2007 Dec. 9, by James McElhinney, for the Archives of American Art, at Carlyle Hotel, in New York, N.Y .

Gray speaks of being born in Chicago, Ill. and attending high school in Hyde Park; required coursework in art and music; his father's childhood in Poland; attending the University of Illinois in Chicago before transferring to the main campus in Champaign-Urbana; studying architecture but then becoming more interested in art; the influence of an early mentor; joining the air force and being stationed in France in the early 1950s; traveling throughout France, Spain, and Germany; visiting Barcelona to see Antoni Gaudí's architecture; returning to the United States, meeting his wife on a blind date, and marrying her within a year; being moved by the musical and artistic environment of his in-laws' home; owning a manufacturing business for 10 years; restructuring his father's summer resort in Michigan following his death; hosting music festivals and Harry Boris as artist-in-residence at the resort; following Boris's suggestion to open an art gallery in Chicago; his first art purchases from Allan Stone and André Emmerich in New York; his first gallery space off of Michigan Avenue on East Ontario Street in the same building as B.C. Holland and Noah Goldowsky; his second gallery space on Michigan Avenue; showing Color Field artists including Kenneth Noland, Morris Louis, and Jules Olitski; dealers as collectors; seeing himself more as a collector than a dealer at this time in his life; his diverse collection of drawings spanning many time periods; his past practice of buying works of art in shares with other dealers; the competition between art dealers and auction houses; his belief in free-market opportunities; handling the sale of Willem de Kooning's Woman V; the gallery's representation of Jaume Plensa and David Klamen; the future direction of the gallery at both the Chicago and New York City locations; the changing market in international art; recently being designated a Living Landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois; and his strong presence and activity in Chicago's cultural community. Gray also recalls André Emmerich, Andrew Fabricant, Paul Gray, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Gray (1928-2018) was an art dealer from Chicago, Ill. Interviewer James McElhinney is a painter and educator from 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:

Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.

Occupation:

Art dealers -- Illinois -- Chicago  Search this

Topic:

Art -- Economic aspects  Search this

Color-field painting  Search this

Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Interviews  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

Funding for this interview provided by The Art Dealers Association of America.

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.gray07

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw995485404-2c43-4c16-a632-580a2c73333d

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-gray07

Author:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Pagel, David  Search this

Richard Gray Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2004

C2004

Call number:

ND237.K5528 A4 2004

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_840914

Author:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Richard Gray Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Physical description:

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., col. plates ; 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

United States

Date:

2007

C2007

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Painting, American  Search this

Call number:

ND237.K5528 A4 2007

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_840384

Author:

Pagel, David  Search this

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Panczenko, Russell  Search this

Elvehjem Museum of Art  Search this

Subject:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Physical description:

80 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 28 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2004

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_771584

Author:

Klamen, David 1961-  Search this

Richard Gray Gallery  Search this

Subject:

Klamen, David  Search this

Physical description:

[32] p. col. ill. ; 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2001

Call number:

ND237.K5528 A4 2001

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_613033