Oral history interview with Audrey Sabol, 1987 June 10

Collection Information

Size: 44 Pages, Transcript

Format: Originally recorded on 2 sound cassettes. Reformatted in 2010 as 3 digital wav files. Duration is 1 hr., 26 min.

Summary: An interview of Audrey Sabol conducted 1987 June 10, by Marina Pacini, for the Archives of American Art.

Sabol speaks of her education; her assocation with the Arts Council of the Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association; how the council was organized and how it operated. She discusses some of the individual artists involved with the exhibitions, including Richard Serra, Nancy Graves, Mark di Suvero, Allan Kaprow, Bill Wiley, and Christo. She continues by discussing her tenure on the board of the Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania and Ti-Grace Atkinson, its first director; projects completed by the Beautiful Bag Co. with Joan Kron, such as Roy Lichtenstein dishes and a Robert Indiana love ring. She concludes by discussing her own collecting, and her observations on the Philadelphia art scene. She also recalls associations with Billy Klüver and Leo Castelli Gallery, among others.

Biographical/Historical Note

Audrey Sabol (1922-2021) was an art administrator from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who was involved with contemporary art and Pop art exhibitions and merchandising.

Provenance

This interview is part of the Archives' 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.

Language Note

English .

Funding

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. This interview received support from the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative Pool.