Oral history interview with Roland Balay
Object Details
- General
- Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 4 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 28 min.
- Interviewee
- Balay, Roland, 1902-2004
- Interviewer
- Little, Nancy C.
- Names
- M. Knoedler & Co.
- Occupation
- Art dealers -- New York (State) -- New York
- Topic
- Art -- Collectors and collecting
- Provenance
- 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.
- Interviewee
- Balay, Roland, 1902-2004
- Interviewer
- Little, Nancy C.
- Sponsor
- Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
- Biographical / Historical
- Roland Balay (1902-2004) was art dealer from New York, New York.
- Extent
- 24 Pages (Transcript)
- Date
- 1981 November 19-December 7
- Archival Repository
- Archives of American Art
- Identifier
- AAA.balay81
- Type
- Collection descriptions
- Archival materials
- Pages
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Existence and Location of Copies
- Transcript: 35mm microfilm reel 3196 available at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Scope and Contents
- An interview of Roland Balay conducted 1981 November 19-December 7, by Nancy C. Little, for the Archives of American Art.
- Balay speaks of his grandfather's founding of M. Knoedler and Company, the gallery's history, his dealings with artists exhibited by the gallery, and his opinions of various collectors.
- Restrictions
- Transcript: Patrons must use microfilm copy.
- Record ID
- ebl-1596148249040-1596148249042-0
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
Oral history interview with Roland Balay, 1981 November 19-December 7, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
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