Biographical material contains curriculum vitae, a commencement program from Haaren High School, a Honorable Discharge certificate from the United States Army, typescripts and drafts of entries for Who Was Who in American Art and Dictionary of American Sculptors , membership cards, an application for a John Guggenheim Fellowship, award certificates, a program from Benedict Tatti's memorial service, and miscellaneous biographical material.
Files are arranged by format and the materials within the folders are arranged chronologically.
Description Container Select Curriculum Vitae, circa 1960s-2009 Select: Curriculum Vitae, circa 1960s-2009 Commencement Program, Haaren High School, 1936 Select: Commencement Program, Haaren High School, 1936 Honorable Discharge Certificate from the United States Army, 1946 Select: Honorable Discharge Certificate from the United States Army, 1946 Who's Who in American Art and Dictionary of American Sculptors Entries, 1968-1991, undatedSelect: Who's Who in American Art and Dictionary of American Sculptors Entries, 1968-1991, undated Memberships, 1968-1975 Select: Memberships, 1968-1975 Award Certificates, 1949-1986 Select: Award Certificates, 1949-1986 Application for John Guggenheim Fellowship, 1945 Select: Application for John Guggenheim Fellowship, 1945 Program from Memorial Service for Benedict Tatti, 1993 Select: Program from Memorial Service for Benedict Tatti, 1993 Miscellaneous Items, 1939-1975 Select: Miscellaneous Items, 1939-1975
Correspondence consists of letters, announcements,and copies of e-mails to Benedict Tatti from colleagues, dealers, collectors, representatives of museums and arts organizations, among others. There are a few letters from Tatti, including a handmade holiday card. Letters pertain to Tatti's exhibitions and commissions, his teaching positions, awards and honors; also found are requests for biographical information. Notable correspondents include Jane Canfield, Lloyd Goodrich, Louis Slobodkin, and William Zorach. Included is a small portion of Adele Tatti's correspondence concerning the preservation and archiving of videotapes created by Tatti in the 1970s.
Files are arranged in chronological order.
This series includes Benedict Tatti's commissions, including an unexecuted project; grant applications to conduct experimental work with video technology and art; and a statement of purpose and design for Tatti's invention of the rewind reel adapter.
Materials consist of correspondence, application forms, proposals, proposed budgets, a list of Tatti's sculptures, architectural renderings and design sketches, reproductions of artwork, printed matter, clippings, and supporting materials.
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Description Container Select Staten Island Community College, 1966 Select: Staten Island Community College, 1966 Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS), undated, 1970s-1976 Select: Creative Artists Public Service Program (CAPS), undated, 1970s-19763 Folders Eutectic-Castolin Institute, 1973 Select: Eutectic-Castolin Institute, 1973 Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, 1973-2005 Select: Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, 1973-2005 Rewind Reel Adapter, 1975 Select: Rewind Reel Adapter, 1975 Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Competition, 1977 Select: Walter Burley Griffin Memorial Competition, 1977 Statue of Liberty Restoration, 1985-1986 Select: Statue of Liberty Restoration, 1985-1986
This series consists of files relating to Benedict Tatti's activities in professional associations; his proposals for an artist-in-residence fellowship at the Television Lab, WNET 13; and schedules of Tatti's educational video presentations.
Materials include letters, forms, deeds of gifts, draft proposals, lists of members, annotated checklists, informational sheets, printed material, clippings, and brochures.
Files are arranged in alphabetical order and the materials within the folder are arranged chronologically.
Description Container Select American Medallic Sculpture Association, 1988-1993 Select: American Medallic Sculpture Association, 1988-1993 American Numismatic Society, 1988-1993, 1972 Select: American Numismatic Society, 1988-1993, 1972 Audubon Artists, Inc., undated, 1976-1997 Select: Audubon Artists, Inc., undated, 1976-1997 Avon Products, Inc., circa 1950s Select: Avon Products, Inc., circa 1950s National Center for Experiments in Television, KQED-TV, 2005-2008 Select: National Center for Experiments in Television, KQED-TV, 2005-2008 Proposal for Artist-in-Residence, Television Lab, WNET 13, 1972-1977 Select: Proposal for Artist-in-Residence, Television Lab, WNET 13, 1972-1977 Video Presentations, 1971-1978, undated Select: Video Presentations, 1971-1978, undated
This series consists of scattered files of Benedict Tatti's solo and group exhibitions during the 1960s and 1970s.
Files include letters, biographical information, checklists, price lists, contract, receipts, exhibition announcements, press releases, calendars of events, exhibition jury notices, printed materials, clippings, and brochures.
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Description Container Select Galerie Claude Bernard, "Aspects De La Sculpture Américaine,", 1960 Select: Galerie Claude Bernard, "Aspects De La Sculpture Américaine,", 1960 Burr Galleries, "Benedict Tatti, An Exhibition of Watercolors,", 1961 Select: Burr Galleries, "Benedict Tatti, An Exhibition of Watercolors,", 1961 Northeast Harbor Gallery, undated, 1961 Select: Northeast Harbor Gallery, undated, 1961 Roko Gallery, 1967 Select: Roko Gallery, 1967 The Kitchen, Mercer Arts Center, 1972-1973 Select: The Kitchen, Mercer Arts Center, 1972-1973 Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York, 1972-1980 Select: Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York, 1972-1980 Anthology Film Archives, 1974-1975 Select: Anthology Film Archives, 1974-1975 Miscellaneous Exhibition Materials, 1945-1992 Select: Miscellaneous Exhibition Materials, 1945-19922 Folders
This series includes writings and notes by Benedict Tatti on sculpture and video art and writings about the artist, including a statement by Isamu Noguchi on Tatti. Adele Tatti compiled lists on Benedict Tatti's paintings and sculptures housed in museums and public collections, a partial list of titles of Tatti's sculptures, an inventory of videotapes donated to the Anthology of Film Archives, and a list of selected art publications that reference her late husband's work.
Files are arranged in chronological order.
There is a preliminary sketch of a sculpture by Tatti, in pen, and pen and pencil sketches of Tatti's medal designs.
Printed material contains announcements; invitations; brochures, exhibition catalogues and checklists; clippings; periodicals; newsletters; and reproductions, including Benedict Tatti's prototype of "Bob's Big Boy," a commissioned work for a chain of restaurants in the United States. Monographs include Soldier Art, An Infantry Journal , featuring Tatti's sculpture for which he won first prize in the United States Army's National Soldier Art Competition and two books on video art that include essays written by Benedict Tatti.
Files are arranged by format and materials in the folders are in chronological order.
Description Container Select Announcements, 1961-1974 Select: Announcements, 1961-1974 Brochures, 1960-1984 Select: Brochures, 1960-1984 Invitations, undated, 1950-1990 Select: Invitations, undated, 1950-1990 Exhibition Catalogues, 1939-1989 Select: Exhibition Catalogues, 1939-19897 Folders Exhibition Catalogues, 1990-2011 Select: Exhibition Catalogues, 1990-2011 Exhibition Checklists, 1946-1988 Select: Exhibition Checklists, 1946-19882 Folders Clippings, 1937-1986, undated Select: Clippings, 1937-1986, undated2 Folders Periodicals, 1967-1970 Select: Periodicals, 1967-1970 Newsletters, 1946-1982 Select: Newsletters, 1946-1982 Reproductions, circa 1950s-2010 Select: Reproductions, circa 1950s-20102 Folders Other Printed Material, circa 1946-2010 Select: Other Printed Material, circa 1946-20102 Folders Monographs, 1945-1976 Select: Monographs, 1945-19763 FoldersScope and Contents noteSoldier Art, An Infantry Journal (United States: Special Services Division, Army Service Forces, 1945)Videospace and Image Experience (San Francisco: National Center for the Experiments in Television, 1972)Video Art: An Anthology (New York and London: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1976)
This series includes black and white prints of Benedict Tatti, Tatti in his studio by himself and with others, video equipment and Tatti's video art. Many of the color prints of Tatti's sculptures and design maquettes include provenance-related information on the back of the photograph.
Files are arranged by subject and the materials within the folders are arranged chronologically.
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