Oral history interview with John Coplans, 1975 April 4-1977 August 4
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Object Details
- interviewee
- Coplans, John Rivers, 1920-2003
- interviewer
- Cummings, Paul, 1933-1997
- Subject
- Alloway, Lawrence
- Blum, Irving
- Fried, Michael
- Hopps, Walter
- Leider, Philip
- Rose, Barbara
- Artforum
- Place of publication, production, or execution
- New York (State)
- Physical Description
- 133 Pages, Transcript
- General Note
- Originally recorded on 4 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 8 digital wav files. Duration is 8 hr., 6 min.
- Access Note / Rights
- Transcript available on the Archives of American Art website.
- Summary
- An interview of John Coplans conducted 1975 April. 4-1977 August 4, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art, in New York City.
Coplans speaks of his educational background; the founding and development of ARTFORUM magazine; ARTFORUM staff writers including Lawrence Alloway, Michael Fried, Philip Leider, and Barbara E. Rose; and the influence of Irving Blum and Walter Hopps on California artists and collectors. Coplans also discusses the art market in New York and in California, and talks about his career as a teacher, editor, gallery director, critic, and museum curator. - Citation
- Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with John Coplans, 1975 April 4-1977 August 4. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
- Additional Forms
- Transcript available on line.
- Funding
- 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.
- Biography Note
- John Coplans (1920- 2003) was an art administrator, editor, photograph, and educator of New York, New York. Born in London, England; died in Manhattan, New York.
- Language Note
- English .
- Provenance
- These interviews are 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.
- Location Note
- Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001
- Record number
- (DSI-AAA_CollID)12787
- (DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)212318
- AAA_collcode_coplan75
- Type
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Archives of American Art
- Topic
- Art publishing -- New York (State) -- New York
- Arts administrators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Educators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Museum curators -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Gallery directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Interviews
- Record ID
- AAADCD_oh_212318
- Metadata Usage (text)
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