Sandler, Irving, b. 1925
Art critic, Art historian, TeacherNew York, N.Y. (Show Bio)
Irving Harry Sandler papers, circa 1944-2007, bulk 1944-1980
1.0 linear ft.
Membership files, minutes of meetings from the Club, an organization Sandler directed, interviews, writings, photographs, and printed material relating to the career of Irving Sandler as an art critic, historian, and educator. Writings include papers by Sandler's students. Photographs are of works of art and of artist Robert Rauschenberg. Interviews include 47 sound cassettes and transcripts of interviews with artists conducted by Sandler and his students; a transcript of a colloquium, "Critics Colloquium" regarding the content of abstract art, moderated by Sandler and including disscussants Robert Murray, Jack Tworkov, Robert Morris, and Stephen Greene; and a CD and transcript of a 2007 interview with Myra Lehr conducted by Sandler.
The bulk of the collection was donated in 1981-1982 by Irving Sandler. He donated an additional interview with Myra Lehr in 2008.
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