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titleOral history interview with Sylvan Cole, 2000 June-Oct.
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionInterviews of Sylvan Cole conducted in five sessions, June -Oct. 2000, New York, N.Y., by Avis Berman for the Archives of American Art.
Cole discusses the history of Associated American Artists, the gallery for whom he began working in 1946, and its marketing techniques, customer base, and personalities, such as its founder, Reeves Lewenthal.

He also traces his own development as a dealer in prints after he left AAA and recalls many artists and other figures in the art world, including Will Barnet, Werner Drewes, Richard Florsheim, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Hans Hofmann, Edward Hopper, Una Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Jack Levine, William S. Lieberman, Robert Motherwell, and Raphael Soyer.
extentSound recording: master: 5 sound cassettes (7 hrs, 30 min.): analog. Transcript 83 p.
formatsInterview Electronic Resource Transcript Online Transcript
accessContact repository for restrictions and policies.
record linkhttps://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_224056
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sylvan-cole-11629
finding aidTranscript available on repository's Web site.
acquisition informationThis 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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titleSylvan Cole Gallery Records and Sylvan Cole Papers, 1935
repositoryArchives of American Art
descriptionCorrespondence; clippings and biographical information on gallery artists; checklists; invoicesand sales records. Also found are professional organization newsletters and minutes and biographical material on Sylvan Cole.
extent20.4 linear ft.
formatsCorrespondence
accessUse requires an appointment.
record linkhttps://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.colesylv.pdf
record sourcehttps://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/sylvan-cole-gallery-records-and-sylvan-cole-papers-11168
acquisition informationDonated 2003 by Sylvan Cole.
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