Oral history interview with Leta Ramos
odd: label: General
content: Originally recorded on 1 sound cassette. Reformatted in 2010 as 2 digital wav file. Duration is 1 hr., 3 min.
name: label: Interviewee
content: Ramos, Leta
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
label: Names
content: Ramos, Mel, 1935-2018
topic: label: Topic
content: Artists' models -- California -- Interviews
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is 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 administrators. Funding for the transcription of this interview is provided by Bente and Gerald E. Buck Collection.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Ramos, Leta
label: Interviewer
content: Karlstrom, Paul J.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Leta Ramos is an artist's model and artist from Oakland, Calif. Ramos is married to figurative painter Mel Ramos, she began posing for her husband in 1959, becoming his primary model for many of his earlier works, including the well-known Pop images of female superheroes and women with animals, such as "Gorilla," 1967.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 32 Pages (Transcript)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2000 June 23
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.ramos00
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Pages
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview of Leta Ramos conducted 2000 June 23, by Paul Karlstrom, for the Archives of American Art, in Ramos' home, Oakland, Calif.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Ramos discusses her views and experiences as an artists' model.