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Archives related to: Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
| title | Oral history interview with Sidney Janis, 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Sidney Janis conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 12 sound tape reels (22 hours 30 min.) ; 5 in. Transcript: 587 p. |
| formats | Interview Electronic Resource |
| access | Use requires an appointment. ACCESS RESTRICTED written permission required. ALL REQUESTS SHOULD BE FAXED TO CARROLL JANIS. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sidney-janis-13049 |
| acquisition information | These interviews are 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 others. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Sidney Janis, 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26 | repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Art dealer; New York, N.Y.; Operated the Sidney Janis Gallery; d. 1989. An interview of Sidney Janis conducted by Avis Berman for the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and His Times oral history project. |
| extent | 3 sound cassettes : analog. |
| formats | Interview Electronic Resource |
| access | ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-sidney-janis-13049 |
| acquisition information | This interview was conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's Mark Rothko and his Times oral history project, with funding provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation. Others interviewed on the project (by various interviewers) include: Sonia Allen, Sally Avery, Ben-Zion, Bernard Braddon, Ernest Briggs, Rhys Caparn, Elaine de Kooning, Herbert Ferber, Esther Gottlieb, Juliette Hays, Buffie Johnson, Jacob Kainen, Louis Kaufman, Jack Kufeld, Katharine Kuh, Stanley Kunitz, Joseph Liss, Dorothy Miller, Betty Parsons, Wallace Putnam, Rebecca Reis, Maurice Roth, Sidney Schectman, Aaron Siskind, Joseph Solman, Hedda Sterne, Jack Tworkov, Esteban Vicente and Ed Weinstein. Each has been cataloged separately. |
| updated | 06/08/2023 16:42:20 |
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| title | Subject file : Sidney Janis Gallery: miscellaneous uncataloged material. | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, and other ephemeral material. REQUEST THE FILE BY THE CALL PHRASE "SUBJECT FILE" AS WELL AS THE SUBJECT HEADING. Location MoMA Queens Subject Files Call Number mqfs SFQ SIDNEY JANIS GALLERY |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Clippings |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://library.moma.org/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search%5FArg=%22Sidney%20Janis%20Gallery%22&Search%5FCode=SUBJ%5F&SL=None&CNT=25&PID=14521&BROWSE=2&HC=1&SID=6 |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991010282879707141 |
| updated | 11/29/2022 15:49:50 |
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| title | ZADIK: Papers | repository | ZADIK | Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies |
| description | see "Sidney Janis Gallery" Information Source: The AAM Guide to Provenance Research by Nancy H, Yeide, Konstantin Akinsha, and Amy L. Walsh, p. 238. |
| formats | Business Papers |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| updated | 09/14/2021 15:21:36 |
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| title | Roberto Sebastián Matta Echaurren Letter, ca. 1960, to Sidney Janis. | repository | The Getty Research Institute |
| description | Letter to the New York art dealer Sidney Janis, mentioning Leo Castelli, and illustrated with an abstract design in pastels representing "the idealist" and "the realist." Biographical Note Chilean-born French Surrealist painter. |
| extent | 1 item (2 p.) |
| formats | Correspondence |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cat183161 |
| record source | http://library.getty.edu/vwebv/searchBasic |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:29:56 |
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| title | MoMA History Interviews | repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | The collection consists of 47 taped interviews (contained on 28 standard audio cassettes). Many of the tapes contain interviews with multiple individuals. They are physically arranged alphabetically, by the last name of the first person interviewed on the tape. The cassettes have been numbered. Historical Note David Hoffman and his writing staff conducted interviews in 1986 with individuals either directly associated or intimately familiar with The Museum of Modern Art. The interviews were conducted in preparation for a television special to mark the Museum's 50th anniversary. The program was canceled prior to completion. |
| extent | 28 standard audio cassettes |
| formats | Sound Recording |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record source | http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/archives/ |
| acquisition information | Mr. Hoffman has signed all rights in the recordings over to the Museum. |
| updated | 11/12/2014 11:30:09 |
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