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Size: 12 Sound tape reels, Sound recording (22 hours 30 min.), 5 in.; 587 Pages, Transcript
Summary: Interview of Sidney Janis conducted 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Janis, Sidney, 1896-1989
Gallery owner
Size: 12 Sound tape reels, Sound recording (22 hours 30 min.), 5 in.; 587 Pages, Transcript
Summary: Interview of Sidney Janis conducted 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art.
Sidney Janis (1896-1989) is an art dealer from New York, N.Y. Operated the Sidney Janis Gallery.
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.
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Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Sidney Janis, 1972 Mar. 21-Sept. 26. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
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