Project Files
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Bengston, Billy Al
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content: Billy Al Bengston papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.25 Linear Feet (Boxes 8-9)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1968-1987
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.bengbill, Series 6
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Photographs related to projects and commissions are found in Series 10, Photographs.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: This series includes scattered correspondence, agreements, floor plans, notes, and printed materials related to several of Bengston's commissions and projects. Projects include the book Business Cards with Ed Ruscha, work with Mexican weavers and ceramicists, and the construction of a studio in Hawaii. Commission files are found for artwork Bengston executed for various public buildings in California, including the California State Office Building and the Prestonwood Towne Center. Also found are files concerning Bengston's Zodiac series, work on posters for the 1984 Olympic Games and the Broadway, watercolors to raise money for Jerry Brown's 1982 gubenatorial campaign, and designs for the house of Roy and Carol Doumani. Also found are a few scattered miscellaneous files concerning an exhibition held at Bengston's studio and one at the Security Pacific Bank.