Oral history interview with Grace Borgenicht Brandt
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 1 sound tape reel. Reformatted in 2010 as 1 digital wav file. Duration is 38 min.
- Interviewee
- Brandt, Grace Borgenicht, 1915-2001
- Interviewer
- Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
- Names
- Grace Borgenicht Gallery
- Baskin, Leonard, 1922-2000
- De Rivera, José Ruiz, 1904-1985
- Ernst, Jimmy, 1920-1984
- Kahn, Wolf, 1927-2020
- Occupation
- Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Collectors -- New York (State) -- New York
- Topic
- Women art dealers
- Art -- Collectors and collecting
- Art, American
- Women art collectors
- Provenance
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Brandt, Grace Borgenicht, 1915-2001
- Interviewer
- Seckler, Dorothy Gees, 1910-1994
- Sponsor
- This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.
- Biographical / Historical
- Grace Borgenicht Brandt (1915-2001) was an art dealer and collector in New York, New York.
- Extent
- 14 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1963 January 10
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.brandt63
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Grace Borgenicht Brandt conducted by Dorothy Seckler on 1963 January 10 for the Archives of American Art. Brandt speaks of the beginnings of the Grace Borgenicht Gallery and her development as a dealer. She recalls the artists Milton Avery, Leonard Baskin, Jose de Rivera, Jimmy Ernst and Wolf Kahn.
- Restrictions
- This interview is open for research. Contact Reference Services for more information.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596353426477-1596353426479-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Grace Borgenicht Brandt, 1963 January 10, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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