Portraits
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Ponsold, Renate
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content: Renate Ponsold Motherwell papers
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content: Renate Ponsold Motherwell papers / Series 5: Photographic Materials
physdesc: label: Extent
content: The portraits can be viewed in 3 formats: 8" x 10", 11" x 14", and 12" x 16". Some portraits may be duplicated in more than one size.
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-2009
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.mothrena, Subseries 5.4
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The portraits were received from the donor roughly arranged in alphabetical order by surname.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Ponsold was known for her portraits of artists, writers, actors, politicians, and other prominent figures. Some notable names are Joseph Albers, Louis Armstrong, Brassai, Leo Castelli, Alexander Calder, Chuck Close, John Cage, Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Andre Emmerich, Duke Ellington, Harrison Ford, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Clement Greenberg, David Hockney, Lee Krasner, Louise Nevelson, Natasha and Maximilian Schell, Elie Weisel, and Andy Warhol. Folders may also contain clippings, particularly obituaries, along with letters and printed material related to the subjects of the portraits.