Columbia Center for Oral History Portal > Oral history interview with Leo Castelli [electronic resource], 1977
Creator: | Castelli, Leo | Project: | New York's art world project. (see all project interviews) | Phys. Desc. : | sound file: digital preservation master, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit) Transcript: 66 pages | Location: | Columbia Center for Oral History | Full CLIO record >> |
Biographical NoteArt collector and dealer; interviewee b. 1907.
Scope and ContentsEarly life and family; career in insurance and banking; Galerie Drouin, Paris, 1939; escape from occupied France to United States, 1941; years in U.S. Army; first experiences with collecting; studies in economic history, Columbia University; origins of New York gallery.
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