Oral history interview with George Goodspeed, 1987 Apr. 24-June 3, Transcript
Oral history interview with George Goodspeed, 1987 Apr. 24-June 3, Digital Sound Recording (Excerpt)
An interview with George Goodspeed conducted 1987 Apr. 24-1987 June 3, by Robert F. Brown, for the Archives of American Art.
Goodspeed speaks of his business from the 1920s through to the present as a rare book, manuscript and print dealer; the antiquarian and topical (as opposed to aesthetic) emphasis of Goodspeed's print department; important clients; trends in taste; the market for prints.
Transcript is available on the Archives of American Art's website.
Originally recorded on 2 cassettes.
George Goodspeed (1903- 1997) is a book dealer from Boston, Mass.
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.