María Brito sketchbooks
name: label: Creator
content: Brito, María (1947-)
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- Florida -- Miami
label: Occupation
content: Installation artists -- Florida -- Miami
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
label: Topic
content: Cuban American art
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Women artists
label: Topic
content: Women sculptors
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The sketchbooks were lent for microfilming 1996 by María Brito and returned after filming.
creator: label: Creator
content: Brito, María (1947-)
setName: label: See more items in
content: María Brito sketchbooks
abstract: label: Summary
content: The sketchbooks of María Brito date from 1980 to 1993. Four sketchbooks contain drawings of sculpture and installations. Often, the drawings are to scale and include titles of works, dimensions, notes on assembly, color, and installation.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: María Brita (1947- ) is a sculptor in Miami, Florida. Born in Havana, Cuba, Brito came to the United States in the early 1960s and attended the University of Miami. She is known for large installation pieces and assemblage works.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1980-1993
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.britmari
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel 5052 and was returned to Brito after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2025 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel 5052. The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to María Brito after microfilming.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The sketchbooks of María Brito date from 1980 to 1993. Four sketchbooks contain drawings of sculpture and installations. Often, the drawings are to scale and include titles of works, dimensions, notes on assembly, color, and installation.