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Interviewee:

Palmer, Herbert Bearl, 1915-2006  Search this

Interviewer:

Ehrlich, Susan, 1942-  Search this

Names:

Ankrum Gallery  Search this

David Stuart Galleries  Search this

Feigen Palmer Gallery  Search this

Felix Landau Gallery  Search this

Irving Blum Gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)  Search this

New York University -- Students  Search this

Ankrum, Joan  Search this

Bloch, Lucienne, 1909-1999  Search this

Bluhm, Norman, 1921-1999  Search this

Callahan, Harry M.  Search this

Cézanne, Paul, 1839-1906  Search this

Feigen, Richard L., 1930-  Search this

Garabedian, Charles  Search this

Grooms, Red  Search this

Maillol, Aristide, 1861-1944  Search this

Mullican, Lee, 1919-1998  Search this

Offner, Richard, 1889-1965  Search this

Onslow-Ford, Gordon  Search this

Paalen, Wolfgang, 1907-  Search this

Reiss, Henrietta  Search this

Reiss, Winold, 1886-1953  Search this

Riley, Bridget, 1931-  Search this

Shapiro, Meyer  Search this

Stevenson, Harold, 1929-2018  Search this

Tudor, David, 1926-1996  Search this

Vasa  Search this

Wölfflin, Heinrich, 1864-1945  Search this

Extent:

56 Pages (Transcript)

Type:

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Pages

Sound recordings

Interviews

Date:

2004 Dec. 6-22

Scope and Contents:

An interview of Herbert Palmer conducted 2004 Dec. 6 and 22, by Susan Ehrlich, for the Archives of American Art, in West Hollywood, Calif.

Palmer discusses his family background and childhood in New York City; early exposure to art exhibitions; music appreciation; attending New York University; taking classes with Winhold Reiss, Meyer Shapiro, Richard Offner, and Heinrich Wolfflin; his master's thesis on Paul Cezanne's paintings of Mount Saint Victoire; moving to California; learning to fly; meeting Lillian, his wife; founding Feigen-Palmer Gallery with Richard Feigen; other galleries in the area, including Irving Blum, David Stuart, Felix Landau, Charles Garabedian, and Joan Ankrum; Monday Night Art Walks; John Cage and David Tudor performance pieces; the many artists he's exhibited; Andy Warhol's "The Kiss"; 1968 split with Richard Feigen to become the Herbert Palmer Gallery; the theft of a Picasso sculpture in Dec. 1981 and the ensuing legal case, which involved numerous galleries and collectors; his longstanding friendships with Gordon Onslow Ford, Lee Mullican, and Wolfgang Paalen; membership to the Art Dealers Association of California; and his enjoyment of discovering art, old and new. Palmer also recalls Henriette Riess, Harold Stevenson, Lucienne Bloch, Bridget Riley, Vasa Mihich, Maillol, Red Grooms, Norman Bluhm, and others.

Biographical / Historical:

Herbert Palmer (1915-2006) owned the Herbert Palmer Gallery of West Hollywood, Calif. Interviewer Susan Ehrlich is an art historian from Beverly Hills, Calif.

General:

Originally recorded on 4 mini discs. Reformatted in 2010 as 15 digital wav files. Duration is 3 hr., 35 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.

Restrictions:

Use requires an appointment.

Occupation:

Gallery owners -- California  Search this

Topic:

Art thefts  Search this

Genre/Form:

Sound recordings

Interviews

Sponsor:

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.palmer04

Archival Repository:

Archives of American Art

GUID:

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9865dac29-395b-4aba-932d-dc84613acfdc

EDAN-URL:

ead_collection:sova-aaa-palmer04

Creator:

Riley, Bridget, 1931-  Search this

Gruen, John Jonas, 1926-2016  Search this

Subject:

ARTnews  Search this

Type:

Sound Recording

Date:

1978 May 10

Citation:

Bridget Riley and John Jonas Gruen. Interview with Bridget Riley, 1978 May 10. John Jonas Gruen and Jane Wilson papers, 1909-2016. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Record number:

(DSI-AAA)19392

See more items in:

John Jonas Gruen and Jane Wilson papers, 1909-2016

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:AAADCD_item_19392

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Shiff, Richard  Search this

PaceWildenstein (Firm)  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

47 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2004

C2004

Call number:

ND497.R54 A4 2004

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_748094

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

143 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

2000

C2000

Topic:

Art criticism  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_743379

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Kudielka, Robert  Search this

National Gallery (Great Britain)  Search this

Subject:

National Gallery (Great Britain)  Search this

Physical description:

48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Date:

1989

C1989

Topic:

Painting, European  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_730429

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

MacRitchie, Lynn  Search this

Hartley, Craig  Search this

Schubert, Karsten  Search this

Hayward Gallery  Search this

National Touring Exhibitions  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

110 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2005

Call number:

NE642.R55 A4 2005

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_727370

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Moorhouse, Paul  Search this

Tate Britain (Gallery)  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

244 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 x 26 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

England

Date:

2003

C2003

Topic:

Optical art  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_715892

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Serres, Karen  Search this

Wright, Barnaby  Search this

Claerbergen, Ernst Vegelin van  Search this

Chassey, Éric de  Search this

Courtauld Institute of Art  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Seurat, Georges 1859-1891 Influence  Search this

Physical description:

77 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait. ; 21 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Interviews

Exhibition catalogs

Date:

2015

Call number:

N6797.R54 A4 2015

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1059936

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

326 p. : ill ; 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

England

Date:

2008

[2008]

Topic:

Optical art  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_920376

Artist:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Author:

Moorhouse, Paul  Search this

De La Warr Pavilion  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

93 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Interviews

Exhibition catalogs

Date:

2015

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1047051

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Kudielka, Robert  Search this

Kunsthalle Nürnberg  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

62 p : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

1992

C1992

Call number:

N40.1.R564 K96 1992

N40.1.R564K96 1992

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_441269

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

MacGregor, Neil 1946-  Search this

Kudielka, Robert  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

95 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm

Type:

Interviews

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

1995

Topic:

Painters  Search this

Art criticism  Search this

Call number:

N40.1.R564 K95 1995

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_485237

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Prather, Marla  Search this

Cooke, Lynne  Search this

PaceWildenstein (Firm)  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

63 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2007

C2007

Call number:

ND497.R54 A4 2007

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_836742

Author:

Follin, Frances Marie  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931- Criticism and interpretation  Search this

Physical description:

263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm

Type:

Books

Place:

Great Britain

Date:

2004

Topic:

Optical art  Search this

Call number:

N6797.R54 F65 2004

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_759233

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

MacRitchie, Lynn  Search this

Waddington Galleries  Search this

Karsten Schubert Ltd  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

55 p. : col. ill. ; 22 x 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2000

2000]

Call number:

ND497.R54 A4 2000b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_780178

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, N.S.W.)  Search this

Wellington City Art Gallery (Wellington, N.Z.)  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

172 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 33 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Place:

England

Date:

2004

Topic:

Optical art  Search this

Call number:

ND497.R54 A4 2004b

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_773936

Author:

David Zwirner (Gallery)  Search this

Moorhouse, Paul  Search this

Shiff, Richard  Search this

Kudielka, Robert  Search this

Riley, Bridget 1931- Works Selections  Search this

David Zwirner (Gallery)  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

179 pages : illustrations ; 31 cm

Type:

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

Date:

2014

Topic:

Stripes in art  Search this

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1032874

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Galerie Beyeler  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

34 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Exhibition catalogs

Date:

2003

[2003]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_1027897

Author:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Hickey, Dave 1940-  Search this

Subject:

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Physical description:

59 p. : ill. (chiefly ill.) ; 28 x 27 cm

Type:

Books

Exhibitions

Date:

2000

[c2000]

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_690274

Author:

King, Phillip 1934-  Search this

Riley, Bridget 1931-  Search this

Museum Boymans-Van Beuningen  Search this

British Council  Search this

Physical description:

[24] p. with illus. 25 cm

Type:

Books

Date:

1969

1969]

Call number:

N40.1.K53 P5

N40.1.K53P5

Data Source:

Smithsonian Libraries

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sil_203228