Biographical Materials
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Benton, Fletcher, 1931-
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content: Fletcher Benton papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.3 Linear Feet (Box 1 and 9)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1934-2013
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bentflet, Series 1
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Photographs and moving images of Benton working in his studio, of his artwork, and art-related events are found in series 7, Photographic and Moving Image Materials. Additional photographs and moving images related to exhibitions and commissions are found in series 4, Exhibitions and Commission files.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Biographical material includes four folders of photographs from Benton's childhood to the present and a number of personal photographs of the artist with family members and art personalities including Harold Paris, Edward Lucie-Smith, Dewain Valentine and Peter Selz. There is also a home video on 1 videocassette (VHS) by the artist showing part of his home studio and some of the sculptures from his garden. Among the legal documents and certificates there is a folder with materials about Benton's law suit against Ed Marquand, an editor that was hired to work on a book about Benton's Kinetic Art between 1986 and 1987.