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Herold (Rick) photographs and papers
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  • Acquisition
  • Biographical/Historical note
  • Scope and Contents
  • Processing Information
  • Related Materials
  • Separated Materials note
  • Preferred Citation
  • Conditions Governing Access
  • Conditions Governing Use

  • Language of Material: English
    Contributing Institution: ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
    Title: Rick Herold photographs and papers
    creator: Herold, Rick (Richard)
    Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-025
    Physical Description: 4.2 Linear Feet 1 archive carton, 2 clamshell binders, 1 flat archive box
    Date (inclusive): 1959-2011
    Abstract: Photographs and papers by and about professional artist, author, and teacher Rick Herold. Herold used a variety of media and techniques including painting, reverse painting on plastic, neon, sculpture, performance art, and tattooing. Many of his works dealt with the relationship of the erotic and the spiritual.

    Acquisition

    Donated by Rick Herold on July 9, 2011.

    Biographical/Historical note

    Richard (Rick) Herold was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1941, served in the Navy, and attended the Acadamie Julian in Paris, St. John's University in Minnesota, Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). In California, he launched an art magazine while studying architectural arts at Otis and was the official Los Angeles County portrait painter from 1968-1970. Herold worked as a teacher at Pierce College and Los Angeles Junior Colleges before turning the Zephyr Theatre into a studio and center for art happenings, theater, and Esalen group events.
    A published author of erotica including The Naked Artist, Rick Herold is best known as a professional artist. His work has been shown at many venues including the Orlando and Molly Barnes galleries in Los Angeles, the Zara Gallery in San Francisco, and in museum collections in Missouri, Colorado, and Oregon. Rick Herold used a variety of media and techniques including painting, reverse painting on plastic, neon, sculpture and tattooing. His artworks commonly dealt with the relationship of the erotic and the spiritual, drawing upon his interests in theology, fine art, Asian mandalas, and East Indian Tantric tankas. Herold was also interested in tribal and folk art which he incorporated into his tattoo designs and paintings. His work in tattoo art was documented in Tattoo, a film collaboration with Michael McCullough.
    On his website (http://rickherold.com/, accessed in 2013), Herold discusses notable events in his artistic career, including a commission by Bob Hope to create Stations of the Cross in Cleveland, and his thirty-year retrospective exhibition at the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives in 2003.

    Scope and Contents

    Photographic prints, negatives, 35mm slides, Herold-designed notecards and calendar, an advance copy of The Naked Artist (a book illustrated and written by Herold), assorted periodicals with Herold interviews, reviews, gallery ephemera, promotional materials, and papers documenting Rick Herold's history as an artist.

    Processing Information

    Collection processed by Jeff Snapp, 2013.

    Related Materials

    Rick Herold artworks catalogued in the ONE art collection
    ART2381 Bob Ekert [Enamel on Plexiglas]
    ART2198 Unknown (buttocks of nude male hunched over) [Ink on paper]
    ART2043 Male Nude [Painting - acrylic on vinyl mounted on canvas]
    ART2064 Abstract Fold [Painting - acrylic on plexiglas]
    9AR0002 Samson DeBrer [Painting on Plexiglass]
    ART2142 John Parker (aka Buddah John) [Painting on Plexiglass box]

    Separated Materials note

    Posters separated into the ONE poster collection
    Molly Barnes Gallery, "In the Garden of Earthly Delights"
    Orlando Gallery, "Portrait Paintings Revealing Human Auras & Astral Colors" (signed copy)

    Preferred Citation

    [Box/folder #, or item name] Rick Herold Photographs and Papers, Coll2013.025, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California.

    Conditions Governing Access

    The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.

    Conditions Governing Use

    All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Gay artists
    Gay erotic literature
    Gay erotic art
    Performance art -- United States
    Gays -- Exhibitions
    Homosexuality and art -- United States -- California
    Herold, Rick (Richard)