Notes on portrait sittings by Bern Schwartz, Apr-Nov 1976

File

Shelfmark: MS. Schwartz D. 1

Held in our offsite storage facility

Original sitter notes, edited by Ronny Schwartz from Bern Schwartz's dictation.

(folder 1) 'Notes concerning portrait sittings in London, Israel, Paris, and New York', Apr-Jun 1976. Also included is memorandum of a conversation with Cornell Capa, in which Capa notes that the man closest to Schwartz's photography style is Philippe Halsman, and suggests that Schwartz could ask Halsman for lessons.

The sitters referenced in these notes include:

Moshe Dayan
Marcia Falkender, Baroness Falkender
Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin
Shimon Peres
Yitzhak Rabin
Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx

(folder 2) 'Notes concerning Israel April-June 1976 trip' and 'September-November 1976 trip', Apr-Nov 1976. As well as sitter notes, this folder contains memoranda and notes regarding visits and discussions with others relating to the economic development of Israel, particularly regarding entrepreneurship and exports.

Subjects covered in these notes include:

Joseph Almogi
Amos Horev
visit to the Kabri Kibbutz
Daniel Tolkowsky
Yighael Yadim

(folder 3) 'Notes concerning portrait sittings, La Jolla, New York, London, Israel', Sep-Nov 1976. Also includes memoranda of meetings with the National Portrait Gallery and Alex Wengraf, director of P & D Colnaghi & Co., relating to planned exhibition proceeds going to the Queen's Jubilee Fund.

The sitters referenced in these notes include:

Larry Adler
Ann Jenner
Sir Robert Mayer
Golda Meir
Henry Moore
Christina Ortiz
William Rees-Mogg, Baron Rees-Mogg

Dates

Creation: Apr-Nov 1976

Extent

1 box (3 folders)

Language of Materials

English

Shelfmark

MS. Schwartz D. 1

Additional Description

Arrangement

The original arrangement of the notes has been retained; they are arranged and paginated chronologically by date of sitting, with an index guide of the sitters in alphabetical order by surname.