Magic of David Butler / director, writer, producer, Rancy Boyd-Snee
name: label: Creator
content: Boyd-Snee, Rancy
label: Names
content: Boyd-Snee, Rancy
label: Names
content: Butler, David, 1898-
label: Names
content: Fagaly, William A.
label: Names
content: Gasperi, Richard
label: Names
content: Spitzer, Nicholas R.
topic: label: Occupation
content: Sculptors
label: Topic
content: African American artists
label: Topic
content: Folk art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Rancy Boyd-Snee.
creator: label: Creator
content: Boyd-Snee, Rancy
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Items (Master: 1 videocassette (14 min.) : sd., col. ; 3/4 in; reference copy: 1 videocasette (14 min.) (VHS) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in)
label: Extent
content: Reference copy: 1 videocasette (14 min.) (VHS) ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in
unitdate: label: Date
content: c1985
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.boydranc
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Video recordings
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: A documentary about David Butler written, edited and produced by Rancy Boyd-Snee in 1985. Boyd-Snee discusses the similarities between African figural and black American sculpture; Butler's methods and materials; his imagery; and how his life changed as a result of media exposure. The video also includes comments by Nick Spitzer of the Louisiana Folklife Program, Butler's dealer Richard Gasperi, and William Fagaly, chief curator at the New Orleans Museum of Art.