This is collection of photographs of some of the most influential post-war artists, novelists, musicians, critics, poets and actors, including Duke Ellington, Alice Neel, Edward Albee, Man Ray, Louis Armstrong, Klaus Kinski and Frank Stella. They are often candid and reveal the subject in a wide variety of situations and moods. The accompanying text discusses the role portrait photography plays in the historical record and in our collective visual memory and its role in fulfilling our curiosity about what the people of a certain time looked like. The author explores Ponsold's personality and craft, which in her view, enables her to capture her subjects so as to reveal the essence of each of them. Renate Ponsold has exhibited in many galleries in the USA and Europe. Her photographs have appeared in the "New York Times Magazine", "Art News" and "Arts". Dore Ashton has published over 21 books and many articles on the arts.
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Seller: Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. With very good dust jacket. Very Good hardcover with light shelfwear - NICE! Oversized. Seller Inventory # mon0000277057
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. No Statement Of Later Printing On Copyright Page. Green Pen Remainder Slash to the Bottom Edge of the Book, Otherwise a Tight Sound Unmarked Copy In Very Good Condition in a Very Good Condition Dustjacket. ISBN 1-55595-004-3. Seller Inventory # 82363
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Hardback. First Printing. Very Good to Near Fine Condition in a Very Good to Near Fine condition Dustjacket. Green Pen Remainder Slash to the Bottom Edge of the Book, Otherwise a Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. $35 Original Price is Present and Unclipped on the Front Dustjacket Flap. ISBN 1-55595-004-3. Seller Inventory # 82432
Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Renate Ponsold (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition 1989 , Black cloth hardcover with the dust jacket, 120 page book with full page black & white plates by Ponsold . Condition : FINE Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 051522-W
Seller: CHARTWELL BOOKSELLERS, NEW YORK, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover in Dust Jacket. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First Edition. A very good copy, in dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 140241
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. Foreword by Dore Ashton, and afterword by Robert Motherwell. 109 duotone photographs of many influential artists & writers. 121pp. Thin 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Hudson Hills Press, (1988). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the artist. Seller Inventory # 228988
Seller: Caffrey Books, Oundle, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Renate Ponsold (Foreword); Robert Motherwell (Afterword) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Seller Inventory # 015651
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Foreword by Dore Ashton, and afterword by Robert Motherwell. 109 duotone photographs of many influential artists & writers. 121pp. Thin 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Hudson Hills Press, (1988). First edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Inscribed by the artist to art historian Meyer Schapiro. Seller Inventory # 170794
Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Glossy b&w pictorial wraps. 121 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 31 cm. VG. Inscribed by Ponsold. Some light corner bumping and small amount of fanning to front cover. Seller Inventory # 208536
Seller: Worpsweder Antiquariat, Worpswede, Germany
Well illustrated in black and white. Cloth. Dustwrapper. 121,(3)pp. 1st edition. 4vo. Dustwrapper slightly soiled. Endpaper slightly stained, else good. ISBN 1555950043. Seller Inventory # 554082