Oral history interview with George Herms

Alexander, Robert, 1923-1987

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Robert Alexander (1923–1987) was the only child of Russian immigrant parents. His family settled in Southern California soon after he was born in 1923. He began writing poetry at a young age and eventually immersed himself in the Los Angeles jazz scene, where he first met Wallace Berman in 1945. A poet, collagist, printer and assemblage artist, Alexander helped Berman with the initial production of Semina journal and also opened his own printing shop, known as Press Baza. Alexander had his first...

Di Prima, Diane, 1934-2020

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Diane Di Prima was born on 6 August 1934 in Brooklyn, N.Y. She attended Swarthmore College, but dropped out in 1953 to move to Manhattan and become a writer. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, she joined the emerging Beat movement. She was the editor of the newsletter The Floating Bear with LeRoi Jones, 1961-1969. In 1966, she moved to Millbrook, N.Y., to live in Timothy Leary's community. She moved to San Francisco, Calif., in 1968. In California, she taught at such institutions as the New Coll...

Parker, Charlie, 1920-1955

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Jazz musician. From the description of Autograph card signed : [Indiana?], to Paul G. Klawans, 1950. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270904397 ...

McClure, Michael.

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Michael McClure was an American poet, playwright, songwriter, and novelist, and part of the Beat Generation of poetry. He was one of five authors who read at the famous San Francisco Six Gallery reading, and became close with Jack Kerouac, being immortalized as Pat McLean in Big Sur. He is known as the Prince of the Frisco Scene. From the guide to the Michael McClure letter to Diane di Prima, September 1968, (Ohio University) San Francisco-based ...

Berman, Wallace, 1926-1976

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Wallace Berman was born in 1926 in Staten Island, New York. In the 1930s, his family moved to the Jewish district in Los Angeles. After being expelled from high school for gambling in the early 1940s, Berman immersed himself in the growing West Coast jazz scene. During this period, he briefly attended the Jepson Art School and Chouinard Art School, but departed when he found the training too academic for his needs. In 1949, while working in a factory finishing antique ...

Karlstrom, Paul J.

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Karlstrom: Director and area collector of the Archives of American Art, San Francisco office. Siegriest: painter and graphic artist; Oakland, California. Oliveira: painter and teacher; Stanford, California. Keinholz: assemblage artist; California and Idaho. Wood: Ceramist, Calif. From the description of [Photographs of California artists]. 1976-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220199675 ...

Dwan, Virginia ca. um 1935-

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Art dealer (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Oral history interview with Virginia Dwan, 1984 Mar. 21-June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397025 From the description of Virginia Dwan interviews, 1984 Mar. 21 - June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 220181953 Virginia Dwan is an art dealer from New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Virginia Dwan, 1984 Mar. 21-June 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 756821051 ...

Kienholz Edward 1927-1994

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Edward Kienholz (October 23, 1927 – June 10, 1994) was an American installation artist and assemblage sculptor whose work was highly critical of aspects of modern life. From 1972 onwards, he assembled much of his artwork in close collaboration with his artistic partner and fifth wife, Nancy Reddin Kienholz. Throughout much of their career, the work of the Kienholzes was more appreciated in Europe than in their native United States, though American museums have featured their art more prominently...

Asher, Betty

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Art collector, art dealer; d. May 11, 1994, Beverly Hills, Calif. From the description of Betty M. Asher interviews, 1980 June 30 and July 7 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80858921 Betty Asher, trained as a nurse, became an important Los Angeles art collector and dealer, known for her contemporary art and cup collections. From the description of Betty Asher papers, 1860-1999. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 664387030 Be...

Ferus gallery (Los Angeles, Calif.)

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Lamantia, Philip, 1927-2005

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American poet. From the description of Cool ; New York blank poem New York ; [typed letter signed, to LeRoi Jones] : typescripts, 1959 / Philip Lamantia. 1959. (University of California, San Diego). WorldCat record id: 18423222 ...

Hopps, Walter.

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Herms, George, 1935-

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George Herms, California artist, musician, and poet, was one of the founders of the West Coast assemblage movement. From the description of George Herms papers, 1890-2009 ( bulk 1960-2000) (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 668457005 Herms, George, 1935, Assemblage and collage artist of Los Angeles and San Francisco, Calif. Central participant in the West Coast Beat culture. From the description of Oral history interview with...