Oral history interview with Leo Castelli

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Oral history interview with Leo Castelli

1997 May 22

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An interview of Leo Castelli conducted 1997 May 22, by Andrew Decker, for the Archives of American Art.

Sound recording: 2 sound cassettes (ca. 3 hr.)Transcript: 44 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8294390

Archives of American Art

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Castelli, Leo

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Leo Castelli (1907-1999) was an art dealer in New York, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Leo Castelli, 1969 July [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79081963 b. September 4, 1907; d. August 21, 1999. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122377727 Art collector and dealer; interviewee b. 1907. From the description of Reminiscences of Leo C...

Decker, Andrew,

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Leo Castelli Gallery

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Leo Castelli Gallery (est. 1957) art gallery, New York, N.Y. Leo Castelli (1907-1999), founder of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, N.Y. He established the Leo Castelli Gallery in 1957, recognizing that important cultural changes were occuring in America and that a new form of art would derive from Abstract Expressionism which was in its heyday. The first two artists he signed up were Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg, both transitional figures in the move f...