Biographical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bengston, Billy Al
setName: label: See more items in
content: Billy Al Bengston papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.7 Linear Feet (Boxes 1-4, 11)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1958-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bengbill, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Due to the presence of mold on calendar pages from 1971, these materials have been boxed separately.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: The bulk of this series consists of calendars dating from 1971 to 1984, in which Bengston recorded detailed daily activities, such as visiting galleries, social activities, travel, etc. Ephemera include receipts, exhibition announcements, and mailings that have been attached to calendar pages. A notebook contains information about Bengston's paints, works sold and exhibited at Ferus Gallery, lists of addresses, and scattered sketches. Health records detail the damage done to Bengston's back in a 1964 motorcycle accident. Also found here are passports from European and Central American trips, a Mexican travel visa, membership and business cards, certificates, telephone messages, and Bengston's will.