The Winterthur Library

The Joseph Downs Collection of Manuscripts and Printed Ephemera

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, DE 19735

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OVERVIEW OF THE COLLECTION

Creator: Rowntree, Joanna, 1968-2006.

Title: Joanna Rowntree conservation papers

Dates: 1994-2003

Call No.: Col. 836

Acc. No.: 08x116; 10x42; 10x71

Quantity: 3 boxes

Location: 10 E 6

BIOGRAPHICAL STATEMENT

Joanna Rowntree, also known as Joanna Green, was an art conservator specializing in sculptures. She received a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and art history from the University of California at Berkeley and received her master’s of science degree in art conservation from the Winterthur Museum/University of Delaware program in 1995. She served internships at the Hirshhorn Museum and the Museum of Modern Art and worked for the Winterthur Museum, the Johnson Atelier Technical Institute of Sculpture in New Jersey, and the Sculpture Conservation Studio in Los Angeles. At the time of her death on May 20, 2006, she was working at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas. She was the daughter of Paul and Caroline Rowntree.

SCOPE AND CONTENT

The bulk of the collection are student notebooks and treatment reports prepared while Joanna Rowntree was a student in the WUDPAC program or while she worked for Johnson Atelier, as well as a few other treatment reports and some papers about internships. The treatment reports are accompanied by photographs of the works being treated. As well, there are slides from a presentation she did while a WUDPAC student. The student notebooks deal with metal objects, organic objects, and wood. There are also some articles on various conservation subjects.

LANGUAGE OF MATERIALS

The materials are in English.

RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

Collection is open to the public. Copyright restrictions may apply.

PROVENANCE

Accession 08x116: gift of Paul Rowntree.

Accession 10x42 and 10x71: gift of John Campbell, on behalf of Nasher Sculpture Center..

ACCESS POINTS

Topics:

Winterthur Program in Art Conservation.

Art – Conservation and restoration.

Sculpture – Conservation and restoration.

Art restorers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE COLLECTION

Location: 10 E 6

Box 1:

Folder 1: Johnson Atelier: Rutgers University (acc. 08x116)

Folder 2: Johnson Atelier: treatment reports (acc. 08x116)

Folder 3: Pondick, Rona: “Blue” and various fabrication projects (acc. 08x116)

Folder 4: Treatment proposal: Dean, Stuart: doors and transom (Griffith Observatory) (acc. 08x116)

Folder 5: Treatment proposal: Green-Wood Cemetery (Brooklyn) (acc. 08x116)

Folder 6: WUDPAC internship: Hirshhorn Museum (Smithsonian) (acc. 08x116)

Folder 7: WUDPAC internship: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) (acc. 08x116)

Folder 8: WUDPAC treatment notebook: resume, Metals (acc. 08x116)

Folder 9: WUDPAC treatment notebook: Stone; Ceramic; Wood; Mixed Media (acc. 08x116)

Folder 10: Slides: Contemporary Textiles, 1992 (acc. 10x42)

Folder 11: Slides: Polyester experiment, 1994 (acc. 10x42)

Folder 12: Slides: Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) fellowship, 1995 (acc. 10x42)

Box 2: WUDPAC materials (acc. 10x71)

Folder 1: Metals block notebook

Folder 2: Objects block notebook

Folder 3: Organic materials block notebook

Folder 4: Wood block notebook

Folder 5: Wood block: articles

Box 3:

Folder 1: Marble poulticing (acc. 10x71)

Folders 2-3: Miscellaneous articles (acc. 10x71)