Paul Suttman papers
name: label: Creator
content: Suttman, Paul, 1933-1993
label: Names
content: American Academy in Rome
label: Names
content: Cranbrook Academy of Art
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 2005 by Virginia Bush Suttman, Suttman's widow.
creator: label: Creator
content: Suttman, Paul, 1933-1993
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Sculptor and educator. b. 1933; d. 1993 Suttman studied at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, The American Academy in Rome.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 7.1 Linear Feet
label: Extent
content: 8 Items (rolled docs)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1947-1998
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.suttpaul
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sketchbooks
label: Type
content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sketchbooks
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material, correspondence, subject and teaching files, photographs, works of art, financial records, motion picture film and video recordings, and printed material concerning Suttman and his career as a sculptor and educator.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes address books, resumes, diplomas, awards, academic records, health records, obitutaries for Paul Suttman and a guest book from his funeral, 1993. Correspondence is with dealers, galleries and artists. Included are one illustrated letter from Mimi Gross and Red Grooms to Elisse and Paul Suttman and Edward C. Flood, ca. 1968 and one illustrated letter from Mimi Gross and Red Grooms to Elisse and Paul Suttman, Sept. 19, 1971. Subject and teaching files concern Cranbrook Academy of Art, the University of Michigan, Italy (1962-1965), the American Academy in Rome (1965-1968), Roswell, Rome and Pieve (1970-1975), University of New Mexico (1975-1979), Texas A & M, Columbia University.
label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs are of Suttman as well as slides of works of art. Works of art include studies, sketches and sketcbhooks. Financial material includes expense and income records. Motion picture and videos consist of 3 reels of 16mm film by Paul Suttman, 1965, including one untitled art film shot at the American Academy of Rome, and 1 VHS copy of the 16mm film; 1 VHS tape of an exhibition and the Suttman house and studio; and 1 VHS biography of Suttman composed by his son Mark Bertin, 1993-1995. Printed material includes press books, 1958-1995, exhibition catalogs, brochures and newspaper clippings. Also found are material regarding the Paul Suttman memorial fund, memorial projects, and the Paul Suttman catalog raisonné, organized by Virginia Bush Suttman.