Guy Dill papers
name: label: Creator
content: Dill, Guy, 1946-
topic: label: Topic
content: Sculptors -- California -- Venice
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The papers were donated by Guy Dill in 2004 and 2024.
creator: label: Creator
content: Dill, Guy, 1946-
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content: Guy Dill papers
abstract: label: Summary
content: The papers of sculptor Guy Dill measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1972-2023. The collection includes a few scattered personal and business letters, writings, photographs of artwork, two project files, and printed material, including exhibition announcements, brochures and catalogs of solo and of group shows, newspaper and magazine articles. There is a 2.0 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2024 that includes project files in binders including proposals, biographical material, drawings, correspondence, photographs, and financial material; calendars; and notebooks by Dill. Materials date from circa 1989-2023 with the bulk of the material dating from 2003-2023.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: California sculptor Guy Dill (1946-) is known for his large-scale, muscular works in both traditional and modern materials.  He was born in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1946 and raised in Southern California. After receiving a BFA with honors from Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1970, Dill exhibited his works widely, earning an international reputation for his multipartite constructions executed in aluminum, steel, formed concrete, glass, bronze, marble, and wood. His sculptures range from classically poised geometric structures to asymmetric constructions.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.3 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1972-2023
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.dillguy
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: This collection is arranged in six series.

Series 1: Letters, circa 1989-2003 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 2: Writings, 1977-1979 (Box 1; 1 folder)

Series 3: Photographs, 1969-2003 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 4: Projects, 1981-1982, circa 1991 (Box 1; 2 folders)

Series 5: Printed Material, 1989-2003 (Boxes 1-2; 1.0 linear foot)

Series 6: Unprocessed Addition, 1989-2023 (Boxes 3-4; 2.0 linear feet)
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The papers were processed in December, 2004 by Pamela Conway. A finding aid was written by Carrol Park in 2012.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The papers of sculptor Guy Dill measure 3.3 linear feet and date from 1972-2023. The collection includes a few scattered personal and business letters, writings, photographs of artwork, two project files, and printed material, including exhibition announcements, brochures and catalogs of solo and of group shows, newspaper and magazine articles.

There is a 2.0 linear foot unprocessed addition to this collection donated in 2024 that includes project files in binders including proposals, biographical material, drawings, correspondence, photographs, and financial material; calendars; and notebooks by Dill. Materials date from circa 1989-2023 with the bulk of the material dating from 2003-2023.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: Within the Archives holdings is an oral history interview of Guy Dill conducted by Paul Karlstrom in 2000. The interview transcript is available on the Archives of American Art website.