Photographic and Moving Image Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Benton, Fletcher, 1931-
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content: Fletcher Benton papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet (Boxes 7, 9, FC 16-17)
label: Extent
content: 0.97 Gigabytes (ER02)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1960-2005
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bentflet, Series 7
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
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content: Gigabytes
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Personal photographs of Benton and his friends and family are found in series 1, Biographical Materials. Additional moving image materials are also found in series 1, as well as in series 4, Exhibition and Commission Files, series 6, Broadcast Materials, and series 9, An American Artist Video Recordings.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Series includes photographs and moving image documentation of artwork, exhibitions, inaugurations, and images of Benton in his studios. Images of the artist include photographs, partially digitized motion picture film, and video taken in Benton's studios on Bloxom Street and Dore Street in San Francisco. Moving images of Benton's studios include a promotional video about the Dore Street Studio by Dave Hatch and a student film by Al Wong about Benton's studio at 63 Bloxom Street (1967). Images of artwork include photographs and motion picture film of paintings, sculptures, and kinetic works. David Finn's pictures are digital prints of Benton's sculptures created for the book Fletcher Benton (2003) by Carter Ratcliff.