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Archives related to: Bellamy, Richard
| title | Oral history interview with Richard Bellamy, 1963 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Richard Bellamy, concerning the Hansa Gallery, conducted by Richard Brown Baker for the Archives of American Art. Bellamy speaks of the Hansa Gallery's original organization by a group of Hans Hofmann's students; Hansa's location, purpose and program; and the definition of a cooperative gallery. Bellamy reminisces about his early life in Cincinnati, the influence of the Provincetown exhibition in 1949, becoming manager and director of Hansa Gallery and the gallery's move uptown. He discusses financial arrangements with artists, guest exhibitions, collectors, the gallery's location and its disadvantages in regard to visitors and critics, an Allan Kaprow exhibition, and the inclusion of Hansa artists in the Whitney Museum of American Art's annuals and other exhibitions. He comments on Hansa's reputation, ART NEWS notices, comparisons of the Hansa and Green galleries, the weaknesses of a cooperative gallery, the search for new artists, financial problems, reasons for closing the gallery, galleries where original Hansa artists now exhibit and the gallery's importance in the art life of the times. He recalls John Gruen, Richard Stankiewicz, Miles Forst, Jan Muller, Myron Stout and Thomas Hess. |
| extent | sound tape reel ; 7 in. Transcript: 70 p. |
| formats | Correspondence Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Online transcript |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212001 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-richard-bellamy-12418 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:28 |
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| title | Richard Bellamy Papers, 1950-1999 |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Professional papers of Richard Bellamy, art dealer, gallery owner, friend and patron of artists and the art world. The papers particularly contain records of the Hansa Gallery, the Green Gallery, the Oil & Steel Gallery, and material relating to the artists Mark di Suvero and Alfred Leslie, as well as many others. Related Collections at MoMA and Elsewhere: Within the Museum Archives, scattered materials relating to Richard Bellamy, the Green Gallery, and Robert Scull can be found in Collectors Records, Art Lending Service/Art Advisory Service Records, the Alfred H. Barr Papers, and the James Lee Byars - Dorothy C. Miller Correspondence. Catalogs to many of the exhibitions documented here are located in the Museum Library. The library's subject and pamphlet files contain exhibition announcements and ephemera for the Green Gallery, the Oil & Steel Gallery, and other institutions; the library's artist files contain folders on Richard Bellamy and most of the artists he befriended and represented. In the 1960s, Richard Brown Baker conducted interviews with Richard Bellamy and Richard Stankiewicz for the Archives of American Art to document the history of the Hansa Gallery; those transcripts are accessible online. The Archives of American Art also contains interviews with Robert Scull and oral histories or records of many of the artists mentioned in this collection, including the Alfred Leslie Papers and the Mark di Suvero and di Suvero Family Papers. Preferred Citation Published citations should take the following form: Long version: Richard Bellamy Papers, [series.folder]. The Museum of Modern Art Archives, New York. Short version: Bellamy, [series.folder]. MoMA Archives, NY. |
| extent | Approx. 30.5 linear feet |
| formats | Business Papers Personal Papers Correspondence Estate Papers Subject Files |
| access | The records are open for research and contain no restricted materials. |
| record link | http://www.moma.org/research/archives/EAD/Bellamyf.html |
| record source | http://moma.org/research/archives/holdings.html |
| finding aid | guide online and in repository |
| acquisition information | The Richard Bellamy Papers were acquired by the Museum Archives from Richard Bellamy's son, Miles Bellamy, in November, 2000. Series V, Adam Aronson Correspondence, was given to the museum in 2000 by Aronson to complement the main collection. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Artist file: Bellamy, Richard; miscellaneous uncataloged material. |
| repository | The Museum of Modern Art |
| description | Pamphlet file The folder may include announcements, clippings, press releases, brochures, reviews, invitations, small exhibition catalogs, and other ephemeral material. Location MoMA Queens Artist Files Call Number BELLAMY, RICHARD. |
| extent | 1 folder |
| formats | Ephemera |
| access | Artist files--QNS |
| record source | https://library.nyarc.org/permalink/01NYA_INST/ai54l4/alma991011721449707141 |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:30 |
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| title | Robert Scull papers, 1955-circa 1984, bulk 1965-1970 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters from Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, and letters about works purchased; material relating to John Tweddle, including an illustrated New Year greeting from Tweddle, 1973, photographs of work by him, and legal and financial records regarding Scull's purchases of his work; miscellaneous financial material; photographs of Scull, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Michael Heizer, Richard Bellamy, George Segal, and others, and of works owned by Scull; and an exhibition catalog, The Street Painters, 1981. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.sculrobe.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/robert-scull-papers-6406 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1993 by Mrs. Robert Scull, Scull's widow. Additional papers are expected. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Henry Geldzahler, 1970 Jan. 27 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Henry Geldzahler conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Geldzahler speaks of his youth and family background; his early interests; his education at Yale and Harvard; the decision to pursue an art career; working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Robert Beverly Hale; working with James Rorimer; his first exhibit; artists and curators he has been associated with; working with Roger Stevens at the National Endowment for the Arts; public interest in museums; working with Thomas Hoving; his opinion of critics; and how he selects works for exhibitions. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Harry Lowe, Lois Bingham, Robert Scull, Leo Castelli, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Rene D'Harnoncourt. Bio / His Notes: Curator (New York, N.Y.) Born in 1935. Died 1994. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 7 in. Transcript: 76 p. (on one microfilm reel) reel 3197 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Microfilm |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-henry-geldzahler-11674 |
| acquisition information | 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 others |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Leo Castelli, 1969 May 14 - 1973 June 8. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Leo Castelli conducted 1969 May 14 - 1973 June 8, by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Castelli speaks of his background; fleeing Europe, 1940-1941; his U.S. Army service; The Club; establishing his New York galleries; his first wife, Ileana Sonnabend, and her success as an art dealer; galleries in the 1940s and 1950s; his staff; prints; commissioned works; exhibitions and sales of works by Dan Flavin, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Frank Stella, and others; collectors including Philip Cortelyou Johnson, Vera G. List, Peter Ludwig, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Scull, and Mr. and Mrs. Burton Tremaine. Castelli recalls Alfred H. Barr, Richard Bellamy, John Cage, René Drouin, Ivan C. Karp, and Alan Robert Solomon. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 3 sound tape reels ; 7 in. Sound recordings: 5 sound tape reels ; 5 in. Transcript: 266 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_212111 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-leo-castelli-12370 |
| finding aid | Online Transcript |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:33 |
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| title | Robert Scull papers, 1955-circa 1984, bulk 1965-1970 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Letters from Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, and letters about works purchased; material relating to John Tweddle, including an illustrated New Year greeting from Tweddle, 1973, photographs of work by him, and legal and financial records regarding Scull's purchases of his work; miscellaneous financial material; photographs of Scull, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Michael Heizer, Richard Bellamy, George Segal, and others, and of works owned by Scull; and an exhibition catalog, The Street Painters, 1981. |
| extent | 0.4 linear ft. |
| formats | Correspondence Photographs Financial Records Legal Papers Ephemera |
| access | Unmicrofilmed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://sirismm.si.edu/EADpdfs/AAA.sculrobe.pdf |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/robert-scull-papers-6406 |
| acquisition information | Donated 1993 by Mrs. Robert Scull, Scull's widow. Additional papers are expected. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Robert Scull, 1972 June 15-28 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Robert Scull conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Scull speaks of his early life and education in New York City; attending night classes at the Art Students League; the importance of museum visits; becoming assistant art director for Saks 34th Street; financially successful ventures; the start of his collection in 1954; his criteria for acquisition; his relationships with artists; the pop art scene; portraits of Scull by various artists; the effects of publicity surrounding his collection; his interest in the future of art; the disposition of his collection; critics; relationships with dealers and museums. He recalls Barnett Newman, Richard Bellamy, Franz Kline, Jasper Johns, James Rosenquist, George Segal, Andy Warhol, Alfred Leslie, Ivan Karp, Mark Di Suvero, Michael Heizer, Walter De Maria, Milet Andrejevic, and Judith Rutherford. |
| extent | 3 sound tape reels ; 5 in. (69 p. transcript) |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-robert-scull-13278 |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Ivan C. Karp, 1969 Mar. 12. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Ivan C. Karp conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art at the Leo Castelli Gallery on 1969 March 12. Karp speaks of growing up in the boroughs of New York City, his reading and writing interests, commercial film making, his work for the Hansa Gallery and Martha Jackson, summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and the art scene in New York City in the late 1950s. Karp discusses the invention of the names "O.K. Harris" and "Green Gallery"; his work for Leo Castelli including gallery exhibitions, expenses, collectors, critics and staff; the work of Richard Artschwager, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Cy Twombly, Gerry Vanderweil, Andy Warhol, and others; The Club; "soft art"; and the art market. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Ileana Sonnabend, Robert C. Scull and others. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel (2 hours 30 min.) ; 7 in. Transcript: 123 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Online Transcript |
| access | Contact repository for restrictions and policies. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_215602 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-ivan-c-karp-13094 |
| finding aid | Sound Recording and transcript available on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Henry Geldzahler, 1970 Jan. 27 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Henry Geldzahler conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Geldzahler speaks of his youth and family background; his early interests; his education at Yale and Harvard; the decision to pursue an art career; working with the Metropolitan Museum of Art for Robert Beverly Hale; working with James Rorimer; his first exhibit; artists and curators he has been associated with; working with Roger Stevens at the National Endowment for the Arts; public interest in museums; working with Thomas Hoving; his opinion of critics; and how he selects works for exhibitions. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Harry Lowe, Lois Bingham, Robert Scull, Leo Castelli, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, and Rene D'Harnoncourt. Bio / His Notes: Curator (New York, N.Y.) Born in 1935. Died 1994. |
| extent | Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 7 in. Transcript: 76 p. (on one microfilm reel) reel 3197 |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript Microfilm |
| access | Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-henry-geldzahler-11674 |
| acquisition information | 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 others |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Ivan C. Karp, 1963 Oct. 18. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of Ivan C. Karp conducted 1963 Oct. 18, by Richard Brown Baker, for the Archives of American Art. The interview focuses on Karp's time as co-director of the Hansa Gallery from 1956 to 1958. Karp talks about the general character and co-operative structure of the gallery; its mailing list and operation practices; how it located new talent; its sales; its location; critics and collectors who visited the gallery; coverage of the gallery in the art and general press; the make-up of its membership and his co-director Richard Bellamy. He discusses artists who were affiliated with the gallery: Richard Stankiewicz; Jane Wilson; Jan Müller; George Segal; Jean Follett; Myron Stout; Lilly Brody: Allan Kaprow; Miles Force; and Fay Lansner. He also mentions unaffiliated artist who exhibited in group shows at Hansa: Alfred Lesie, Robert Richenburg, Walasse Ting and the New Sculpture Group. Collectors mentioned are Horace Richter, Charles Carpenter and Liz Parkinson [ph]. Biographical/Historical Note: Ivan C. Karp (1926-) is an art dealer from New York, N.Y. Worked at the Hansa Gallery two seasons under Richard Bellamy. Later became director of the O.K. Harris Gallery. This interview is part of the Archives' 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. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel (1 hour) ; 7 in. |
| formats | Interview Sound Recording Online Transcript Transcript |
| access | Untranscribed; use requires an appointment. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_215602 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-ivan-c-karp-13094 |
| finding aid | Transcript available on the repository's web site. |
| acquisition information | Part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with Robert Grosvenor, 1972 Aug. 9 |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | Interview of Robert Grosvenor conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Grosvenor speaks of his early life and education in Newport, R.I.; studying in Europe; his first formal art instruction in Dijon, France; the art and architecture scene in Paris; his U.S. Army service; meeting Mark di Suvero, and his influence; his one-man show at the Dwan Gallery; materials; and the impermanence of his pieces. He recalls Richard Bellamy, Virginia Dwan and William Congdon. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor; New York N.Y. |
| extent | 1 sound tape reel ; 5 in. Transcript: 54 p. |
| formats | Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | ACCESS RESTRICTED; written permission required. Use requires an appointment. |
| record link | n/a |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-robert-grosvenor-11843 |
| acquisition information | 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 others. |
| updated | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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| title | Oral history interview with George Segal, 1973 Nov. 26. |
| repository | Archives of American Art |
| description | An interview of George Segal conducted by Paul Cummings for the Archives of American Art. Segal speaks of his childhood and family life in the Bronx; his education at Rutgers and at Pratt Institute; studying at New York University with William Baziotes; abstract expressionism; his acquaintance with Allan Kaprow and the Hansa Gallery group; his search for an individual language as an artist; life and art on his New Jersey farm; exhibitions at the Hansa and Green galleries; his development of bandage and plaster sculpture. He recalls Sidney Delevante and Richard Bellamy. Bio / His Notes: Sculptor, painter; North Brunswick, N.J.; d. June 9, 2000. |
| extent | 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in. Transcript: 112 p. |
| formats | Online Transcript Sound Recording Transcript |
| access | Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website. |
| record link | https://www.aaa.si.edu/download_pdf_transcript/ajax?record_id=edanmdm-AAADCD_oh_213086 |
| record source | https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-george-segal-12613 |
| acquisition information | This interview is part of the Archives' 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 | 02/14/2025 10:07:39 |
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