Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Mantegna, Gianfranco
- Abstract:
- Gianfranco Mantegna (1939-2001) was an Italian-born photographer who was a member of the Living Theatre from 1965 to 1969. His Papers contain photographs of Living Theatre productions and correspondence, posters, programs, and promotional materials relating to the Living Theatre.
- Extent:
- 3.7 linear feet
- Language:
- Collection materials in English.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Gianfranco Mantegna Papers, D-191, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Contains photographs, negatives, slides, and contact sheets of the Living Theatre productions as well as correspondence, posters, programs, and promotional materials relating to the Living Theatre.
Arrangement of the CollectionThe Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Manuscripts, 2. Correspondence, 3. Printed Materials, 4. Ephemera, and 5. Photographic Materials.
- Biographical / historical:
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Gianfranco Mantegna (1939-2001) started his career as a photojournalist in Rome. From 1965 to 1969, he was a member of the Living Theater, after meeting the group in Italy. He wrote We, the Living Theatre (1970), a photographic essay. Mantegna settled in New York in the early 1970s. In 1990 he curated the U.S. participation in two Italian video festivals, "Taormina Arte Video" and "Riccione TTV."
Source: Gianfranco Mantegna Obituary in Art in America. Westport, CT: F.F. Sherman, March 2001.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired through a combination of purchases and donations from Gianfranco Mantegna in 1979, 1981, and 1982.
- Processing information:
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Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
- Physical location:
- Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as many are stored offsite.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright is protected by the copyright law, chapter 17, of the U.S. Code. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Gianfranco Mantegna Papers, D-191, Department of Special Collections, General Library, University of California, Davis.
- Location of this collection:
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University of California, Davis, Special Collections, UC Davis Library100 NW QuadDavis, CA 95616-5292, US
- Contact:
- (530) 752-1621