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Archives of American Art
Oral history interview with Esteban Vicente
Summary
- Collection ID:
- AAA.vicent68
- Creators:
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Vicente, Esteban, 1903-2001Sandler, Irving, 1925-
- Dates:
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1968 August 26
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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86 PagesTranscript
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
Interview of Esteban Vicente conducted 1968 August 26, by Irving Sandler, for the Archives of American Art. Vicente speaks of the gallery activity of the 1940s and 1950s; The Club and the exhibition on 9th Street arranged by many of those artists; remembering Mark Rothko as a casual acquaintance and the society of artists living in the Hamptons; coming to the United States, acting as vice-consul in Philadelphia for the Loyalist camp during the Spanish Civil War; and his own work and his feelings about the work of his contemporaries. He recalls Bill de Kooning, Franz Kline, John Ferrin, Marca-Relli, Milton Resnick, Joan Mitchell, Helen Frankenthaler, Walter Pach, Elaine de Kooning, Milton Avery, Jackson Pollock, Salvador Dali, and many others.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Esteban Vicente (1903-2001) was a painter in New York, New York. and Bridgehampton, New York.
Administration
Sponsor
Funding for the interview was provided by the Mark Rothko Foundation.
Reproduction Note
Item is a transcript.
Existence and Location of Originals
Location of original tape unknown.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
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.
Keywords
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