Jane kallir biography
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Oral history interview with Jane Kallir, 1993 Feb. 25
Transcript
Preface
The following oral history transcript is the result of a recorded interview with Jane Kallir on 1993 February 23. The interview took place in [Place], and was conducted by Rose-Carol Washton Long for the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Jane Kallir reviewed this transcript in 2019 and made corrections and emendations. This transcript has been lightly edited for readability by the Archives of American Art. The reader should bear in mind that they are reading a transcript of spoken, rather than written, prose.
Interview
ROSE-CAROL WASHTON LONG: Okay. This is an interview for the Archives of American Art, and today is—
JANE KALLIR: The 25th, I believe.
ROSE-CAROL WASHTON LONG: The 25th of February, 1993. Now, as I said, I'd like to start with a few questions for you—
JANE KALLIR: Sure.
ROSE-CAROL WASHTON LONG: —about biography.
JANE KALLIR: Okay.
ROSE-CAROL WASHTON LONG: And, you were born in 1954 in—
JANE KALLIR: That's right.
ROSE-CAROL WASHTON LONG: —New York City to John Kallir, the son of the founder of Galerie St. Etienne. Perhaps you could tell us why you, over any of the other members of your fa
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Kallir, Jane K(atherine) 1954-
PERSONAL: Born July 30, 1954, in New York, NY; daughter of John Otto (an advertising executive) and Joyce (a school principal; maiden name, Ruben) Kallir. Education:Brown University, B.A., 1976. Politics: Democrat.
ADDRESSES: Office—Galerie St. Etienne, 24 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019.
CAREER: Lefebre Gallery, New York, NY, assistant to director, 1977; Galerie St. Etienne, New York, NY, assistant to director, 1977-78; co-director, 1979—. Guest curator at New York State Museum, Albany, 1983, International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, DC, 1984-85, Museum of City of Vienna, 1986, Austrian National Gallery, 1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1994, and Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1994; guest lecturer at Museum of American Folk Art, New York, NY, 1982-85, National Gallery of Art, 1994, Fort Lauderdale Museum Art, 1996, Museum of Modern Art, 1997, International Foundation for Art Research, 1998, and Wexner Center, Columbus, OH, 1999.
MEMBER: Art Dealers Association of America (member of board of directors, 1994—).
AWARDS, HONORS: Award from Art Library Society of New York, 1981, for The Folk Art Tradition; Elie Faure Award; Beaux-Arts Prix des Lecteurs.
WRITINGS:
Gustav Klimt/Egon Schiele, Crown (New
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Jane Kallir
American aptitude dealer, keeper and creator (born 1954)
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