Inventory of the Gianfranco Mantegna Papers
Sara Gunasekara
Department of Special Collections
General Library
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616-5292
Phone: (530) 752-1621
Fax: (530) 754-5758
Email: speccoll@ucdavis.edu
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Creator:
Mantegna, Gianfranco
Title: Gianfranco Mantegna Papers
Date (inclusive): 1959-1975
Extent:
3.7 linear feet
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.
Physical location: Researchers should contact Special Collections to request collections, as
many are stored offsite.
Repository:
University of California, Davis. General Library. Department of
Special Collections.
Davis, California 95616-5292
Collection number: D-191
Language of Material: Collection materials in English.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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 Collection
The Papers are arranged into five series: 1. Manuscripts, 2. Correspondence, 3. Printed Materials, 4.
Ephemera, and 5. Photographic Materials.
Related Collections
D-138 Spicer, James and Morris Ploscowe. Collection
D-146 Gibson, Robin and Luis Viega. Collection
D-187 Living Theatre Archives
D-189 Bissinger, Karl. Papers
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online
public access catalog.
Mantegna, Gianfranco--Archives
Malina, Judith, 1926-
Beck, Julian, 1925-1985
Living Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Experimental theater
Theater--United States
Theater--Europe
Stage photography
Access
Collection is open for research.
Acquisition Information
Acquired through a combination of purchases and donations from Gianfranco Mantegna in 1979, 1981, and
1982.
Processing Information
Sara Gunasekara processed these papers and created and encoded this finding aid.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Gianfranco Mantegna Papers, D-191, Department of Special Collections, General
Library, University of California, Davis.
Publication Rights
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.
Series 1.
Manuscripts
1965-1966
Physical Description:
6 folders
Box 1:1
Money Tower script
undated
Box 1:2
Notebook of Jenny Hecht
1965-1966
Box 1:3
Notebook of Jenny Hecht
1965-1966
Box 1:4
Notes for program for Venice
undated
Box 1:5
Seven Meditations on Political Sadomasochims (Italian translation)
undated
Box 1:6
Six Public Acts, program notes for
undated
Physical Description:
Also contains the Italian translation of the program notes
Series 2.
Correspondence
1965-1975
Physical Description:
18 folders
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence to Mantegna from Julian Beck, Judith Malina, and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, among
others.
Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Box 1:8
Beck, Julian
1966 September 6
Box 1:9
Beck, Julian
1972 September 29
Box 1:10
Beck, Julian
1973 August 18
Box 1:11
Beck, Julian
1975 July 27
Box 1:12
Beck, Julian
1975 August 8
Box 1:13
Beck, Julian
1975 September 18
Box 1:15
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1966 June 8
Box 1:16
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
1966 September 23
Box 1:17
Malina, Judith
1965 September 2
Box 1:18
Malina, Judith
1965 November 20
Box 1:19
Malina, Judith
1965 December 17
Box 1:20
Malina, Judith
1966 January 11
Box 1:21
Malina, Judith
1966 April 1
Box 1:23
Rattray, Davis
1971 July 29
Series 3.
Printed Material
1959-1975
Physical Description:
11 folders
Scope and Content Note
Contains posters, programs, and promotional materials relating the Living Theatre.
Arranged alphabetically.
Box 1:25
The Brig, program
undated
Box 1:26
Frankenstein, program
undated
Box 1:27-28
Living Theatre, clippings about
1971-1973
Box 1:29
Living Theatre, detention in Brazil
1971
Box 1:30
Living Theatre, flyers and programs
1964-1974
Box Map case III:P
Living Theatre, posters
1965-1968
Physical Description:
Contains oversize posters including those for the performances of Antigone,
Frankenstein, and Mysteries and Smaller Pieces
Box 1:31
Living Theatre Repertory
1959
Box 1:33
Seven Meditations on Political Sado-Masochism in
Fag Rag
1973
Box 1:34
Songs of the Revolution by Julian Beck
1963?
Box 1:35
Teatro Club presents the Living Theatre
1961
Series 4.
Ephemera
1967-1971
Physical Description:
4 folders
Box 2:1
Passport of James Anderson
1971
Box 2:2-4
Sketches by Judith Malina
1967; undated
Series 5.
Photographic Materials
1964-1975
Physical Description:
3.2 linear feet
Scope and Content Note
Contains contact sheets, prints, negatives, and slides of Living Theatre productions taken by
Mantegna.
Arranged alphabetically by title.
Box 2:5
Agonia (film); Judith Malina with newborn daughter, in Paris
[1967 July]
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 2:6
Agonia (film) rehearsals
[1967 July]
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 2:7-70
Antigone
undated
Physical Description:
64 prints
Box 2:71-104
Antigone rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
34 prints
Box 2:105
Antigone, Avignon
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 2:106
Antigone, Germany
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 2:107
Antigone, Germany
undated
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 3:1-2
Antigone, Krefeld
1967
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:3-6
Antigone, Krefeld (rehearsals)
1967
Physical Description:
4 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:7
Antigone, Krefeld (performance)
1967
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:8
Antigone, Milan
1967
Physical Description:
6 slides
Box 3:9-10
Antigone, Paris
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 3:11-16
Antigone, Paris
1966
Physical Description:
6 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:17
Antigone, Prato, Italy
undated
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 3:18-20
Antigone, Prato, Italy
undated
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:21
Anti-war demonstration, New York City (The whole company does the "plague" on Park
Avenue)
undated
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 3:22
Arrival to the United States
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:23
Avignon
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:24
Avignon, miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:25
Avignon, rehearsal, riots
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:26-27
Backstage with Allen Ginsberg, Brooklyn Academy of Music
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:28
Backstage with Allen Ginsberg, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Demonstration, New York
City
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:29
Backstage with Allen Ginsberg, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Demonstration, New York
City; Paradise Now
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:30
Beck, Julian. First rehearsal of Paradise Now
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:31
Beck, Julian with Judith Malina and children
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:32-33
Benefit for Sipario Magazine, Milan
1966
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:34-35
Benefit for Sipario Magazine, Milan; Frankenstein rehearsal
1966
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 3:36
Berkeley, miscellaneous; Paradise Now, New York City
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 3:37-99
The Brig
circa 1964-1968
Physical Description:
63 prints
Box 4:1
The Brig
1965
Physical Description:
12 slides
Box 4:2
The Brig, rehearsal and performance, Rome
1965
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 4:3-5
The Brig, performance, Rome
1965
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 4:6-10
The Brig, performance, Rome
1965
Physical Description:
5 contact sheets and negatives
Box 4:11
Cassis, miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 4:12
The Cockettes
undated
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 4:13-17
Extras for the film, Candy
undated
Physical Description:
5 contact sheets and negatives
Box 4:18-37
Frankenstein
undated
Physical Description:
20 prints
Box 4:38-58
Frankenstein: Act I
undated
Physical Description:
21 prints
Box 4:59
Frankenstein: Act I, II, and III
undated
Physical Description:
20 slides
Box 4:60-98
Frankenstein: Act II
undated
Physical Description:
39 prints
Box 5:1-21
Frankenstein: Act III
undated
Physical Description:
21 prints
Box 5:22-32
Frankenstein: rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
11 prints
Box 5:33-36
Frankenstein, Berlin
undated
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:37-39
Frankenstein, Brooklyn Academy of Music?
1968
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 5:40-41
Frankenstein, Cassis
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints and negatives
Box 5:42
Frankenstein, Cassis
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 5:43
Frankenstein, Cassis
1966 Summer
Physical Description:
17 slides
Box 5:44-48
Frankenstein, Cassis, rehearsal
undated
Physical Description:
5 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:49-5:52
Frankenstein, Cassis, performance
undated
Physical Description:
4 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:53-54
Frankenstein, Dublin
undated
Physical Description:
4 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:55-56
Frankenstein, New York City
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:57-58
Frankenstein, New York City
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 5:59-64
Frankenstein, Venice, rehearsal
1965
Physical Description:
5 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:65-67
Frankenstein, Venice, performance
1965
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:68
In court, New Haven
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 5:69-70
Lecture demonstration, Brown University
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 5:71
Lecture with other theatre colleagues, Brooklyn Academy of Music
1975 April 23
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 5:72
Living Theatre members demonstrate in New York City on behalf of the other members
detained in Brazil
undated
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 5:73-74
Living Theatre, various
1967-1973
Physical Description:
32 slides
Box 6:1-66
The Maids
1965-1967
Physical Description:
66 prints
Box 6:67-68
The Maids, Berlin
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 6:69-72
The Maids, Berlin
undated
Physical Description:
4 contact sheets and negatives
Box 6:73
Malina, Judith and newborn daughter
[1967 July]
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 6:74-75
Members of the company
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 6:76
Milan, miscellaneous
1965
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 6:77-84
Miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
8 contact sheets and negatives
Box 6:85-93
Miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
9 prints
Box 6:94-103
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces
1964
Physical Description:
10 prints
Box 7:1-3
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces
1964
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 7:4-13
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: Brig Dollar
1964
Physical Description:
10 prints
Box 7:14-18
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: The Chord
1964
Physical Description:
5 prints
Box 7:19-34
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: Lee's Piece
1964
Physical Description:
15 prints
Box 7:35-40
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: The Plague
1964
Physical Description:
6 prints
Box 7:41-43
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: Street Songs
1964
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 7:44-54
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: Tableaux Vivants
1964
Physical Description:
11 prints
Box 7:55-56
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces: Yoga Exercises
1964
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 7:57
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Avignon
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:58
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Berkeley
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:59-60
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Florence
1965
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 7:61-62
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Florence
1965
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 7:63
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Genoa
1965
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 7:64
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Genoa
1965
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:65-67
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Paris
1965
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 7:68
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Paris to Yugoslavia
1965
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:69-77
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Rome
1965
Physical Description:
9 contact sheets and negatives
Box 7:78
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Rome; miscellaneous; Brig rehearsals
1965
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:79-80
Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, various
1965-1967
Physical Description:
40 slides
Box 7:81
New York City, miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:82
Night Club directed by John Vaccaro
undated
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 7:83
On the boat to the United States, rehearsal and performance
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:84
Opera All'Italia by S. Busetti, with the Living Theatre, Bordeaux
1967
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 7:85
Opera All'Italia, rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 8:1-6
Paradise Now
undated
Physical Description:
6 prints
Box 8:7-24
Paradise Now, rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
18 prints
Box 8:25-31
Paradise Now, rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
7 contact sheets and negatives
Box 8:32
Paradise Now, miscellaneous rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 8:33-39
Paradise Now: Rung 1
undated
Physical Description:
7 prints
Box 8:40-48
Paradise Now: Rung 2
undated
Physical Description:
9 prints
Box 8:49-67
Paradise Now: Rung 3
undated
Physical Description:
19 prints
Box 8:68-81
Paradise Now: Rung 4
undated
Physical Description:
14 prints
Box 8:82-83
Paradise Now: Rung 5
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints
Box 8:84-94
Paradise Now: Rung 6
undated
Physical Description:
11 prints
Box 8:95-99
Paradise Now: Rung 7
undated
Physical Description:
5 prints and 1 negative
Box 8:100-108
Paradise Now: Rung 8
undated
Physical Description:
9 prints
Box 9:1
Paradise Now, Avignon
1968
Physical Description:
10 color slides
Box 9:2-3
Paradise Now, Avignon
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:4-10
Paradise Now, Avignon, rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
7 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:11
Paradise Now, Avignon, miscellaneous rehearsals
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:12-13
Paradise Now, Avignon, rehearsal and performance
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:14-16
Paradise Now, Bennington, Vermont
undated
Physical Description:
3 prints
Box 9:17-18
Paradise Now, Bennington, Vermont
undated
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:19
Paradise Now, Chateau Vallon, France
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:20
Paradise Now, Geneva, Switzerland
undated
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 9:21-23
Paradise Now, Geneva, Switzerland
undated
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:24
Paradise Now, Madison, Wisconsin
undated
Physical Description:
1 print
Box 9:25
Paradise Now, Madison, Wisconsin
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:26
Paradise Now, Madison, Wisconsin; miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:27
Paradise Now, Madison, Wisconsin; Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, Boston (MIT)
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:28-30
Paradise Now, New York City
undated
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:31
Paradise Now, New York City, Bennington, Vermont
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:32-33
Paradise Now, San Francisco
1969
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:34
Paris, rehearsal
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:35-37
Paris, rehearsals; Miscellaneous
undated
Physical Description:
3 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:38
Paris, rehearsals; With Joe Chaikin
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:39
Paris, rehearsals; With Allen Ginsberg
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:40
Party on stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:41
Party on stage, Brooklyn Academy of Music; Frankenstein
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:42-43
Playhouse of the Ridiculous: Cockstrong
1968
Physical Description:
2 contact sheets and negatives
Box 9:44
Playhouse of the Ridiculous: The Monkey and the Organ Grinder
1970
Physical Description:
16 slides
Box 9:45
Playhouse of the Ridiculous: Nightclub
1970
Physical Description:
40 slides
Box 9:46
Playhouse of the Ridiculous: Sissy
1971
Physical Description:
12 slides
Box 9:47
Ridiculous Theatre Company: Bluebeard
1970
Physical Description:
40 slides
Box 9:48
San Francisco Mime Troupe: Political Play
1970
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:49
San Francisco, miscellaneous
1969
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:50
Seven Meditations on Political Sadomasochism, New York City
1973
Physical Description:
32 slides
Box 9:51
Seven Meditations on Political Sadomasochism, New York City
undated
Physical Description:
negatives
Box 9:52
Street theatre by the Bread and Puppet Theatre, New York
1970
Physical Description:
7 slides
Box 9:52
Street theatre by unknown Chicago group
1969 November
Physical Description:
3 slides
Box 9:53
Travels, Switzerland
1968
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:54
Vaccardo, John (director)
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:55-56
Unidentified
undated
Physical Description:
1 contact sheet and negatives
Box 9:57-58
Unidentified, by Karl Bissinger
undated
Physical Description:
2 prints