Oral history interview with Martha Jackson

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Oral history interview with Martha Jackson

1969 May 23

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An interview of Martha Jackson conducted 1969 May 23, by Paul Cummings, for the Archives of American Art. Jackson speaks of becoming interested in art while living in Baltimore; buying her first painting, a gouache by Marc Chagall; moving to New York City and getting active in collecting art; going to Hans Hofmann's school; opening her gallery in New York in 1953; art as an investment; early shows at her gallery; struggling financially; books and film and their relationship to art; politics and art and their relationship; the psychology of art buying and collecting; the European art market for American art; and her goals for her gallery.

(82 p. transcript on 1 microfilm reel).

Archives of American Art

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SNAC Resource ID: 7024605

Archives of American Art

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