Jason Seley papers
name: label: Creator
content: Seley, Jason, 1919-1983
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Educators -- New York (State) -- New York
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The Jason Seley papers were donated in two installments, in 1984-1985 by Clara K. Seley, Seley's widow and in 2013 by Richard Heinrich, Seley's former assistant.
creator: label: Creator
content: Seley, Jason, 1919-1983
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content: Jason Seley papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Jason Seley papers measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1928 to 2003. The collection documents Seley's career as a sculptor through correspondence with family, colleagues, and art institutions; autobiographical notes, speeches, and other writings; records of an art residency program in Berlin and other professional activity files including sound recordings and a transcript of an interview; personal business records such as ledger books and estate papers; clippings, exhibition catalogs and other printed material; sketches; and photographs and slides of Seley and his sculptures.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Jason Seley (1919-1983) was a sculptor and educator in New York, New York, known for creating sculptures out of chrome automobile bumpers.

From 1943-1945 Seley studied with Ossip Zadkine at the Art Students League in New York, and from 1947-1949 he pursued sculpture and taught in Haiti at Le Centre d'Art. In 1950, he received a Fulbright Scholarship to France. While abroad, he traveled and saw the famous Andrea del Verrocchio statue, "Colleoni," and from 1969-1971 he constructed a replica of the statue made from automobile bumpers. 

Seley taught at Hofstra, New York University, and was the dean of the art school at Cornell until his death in 1983.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1928-2003
label: Date
content: bulk 1928-1983
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.selejaso
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into seven series.

Series 1: Correspondence, 1948-1999 (0.7 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 2: Writings, circa 1976 (0.1 linear feet; Box 1)

Series 3: Professional Activity Files, 1949-1983 (0.4 linear feet; Boxes 1-2)

Series 4: Personal Business Records, 1955-1967, 2003 (0.1 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1948-1984 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2)

Series 6: Artwork, circa 1945-1950 (0.2 linear feet; Box 2, OV 5)

Series 7: Photographic Material, 1928-1981 (1.3 linear feet; Boxes 2-4, OV 6)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Jason Seley papers measure 3.0 linear feet and date from 1928 to 2003. The collection documents Seley's career as a sculptor through correspondence with family, colleagues, and art institutions; autobiographical notes, speeches, and other writings; records of an art residency program in Berlin and other professional activity files including sound recordings and a transcript of an interview; personal business records such as ledger books and estate papers; clippings, exhibition catalogs and other printed material; sketches; and photographs and slides of Seley and his sculptures.