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Benedict Tatti papers

Creator:
Tatti, Benedict, 1917-1993  Search this
Names:
American Medallic Sculpture Association  Search this
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Anthology Film Archives  Search this
Audubon Artists (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Galerie Claude Bernard  Search this
Mercer Arts Center (Organization: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Roko Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Canfield, Jane  Search this
Goodrich, Lloyd, 1897-1987  Search this
Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988  Search this
Slobodkin, Louis, 1903-  Search this
Zorach, William, 1887-1966  Search this
Extent:
1.8 Linear feet
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Notes
Awards
Lists
Christmas cards
Photographs
Designs
Sketches
Date:
1936-2011
bulk 1945-1993
Summary:
The papers of New York sculptor, painter, educator, and video artist, Benedict Tatti (1917-1993) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1936-2011, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1945-1993. Papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, project files, subject files, exhibition files, writings, notes, and lists, printed materials, and photographs. Exhibition files and printed material, such as catalogues and checklists provide an overview of Tatti's activities as a sculptor and video artist. Also, photographs of artwork are a rich source of provenance-related information on Tatti's sculptures.
Scope and Contents note:
The papers of New York sculptor, painter, educator, and video artist, Benedict Tatti (1917-1993) measure 1.8 linear feet and date from 1936-2011, with the bulk of the collection dating from 1945-1993. Papers consist of biographical material, correspondence, project files, subject files, exhibition files, writings, notes, and lists, printed materials, and photographs. Exhibition files and printed material, such as catalogues and checklists provide an overview of Tatti's activities as a sculptor and video artist. Also, photographs of artwork are a rich source of provenance-related information on Tatti's sculptures.

Biographical materials include curriculum vitae, Who's Who in American Art, memberships, and awards. Correspondence is primarily from colleagues, dealers, collectors, and representatives of museums, galleries, and arts organizations. There are a few outgoing letters from Benedict Tatti, including a handmade holiday card. Among the notable correspondents are Jane Canfield, Lloyd Goodrich, Louis Slobodkin, and William Zorach. Also found is a small portion of Adele Tatti's correspondence relating to her late husband's artwork.

Project files contain Tatti's commissions for Eutectic-Castolin Institute, Staten Island Community College, Statue of Liberty Restoration, and the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts; application proposals to Creative Artists Public Service program (CAPS); and the artist's invention of the rewind reel adapter. Subject files include Tatti's memberships and activities in professional associations, e.g., American Medallic Sculpture Association, American Numismatic Society, and Audubon Artists; Tatti's Artist-in-Residence proposals for the Television Lab, WNET 13; and his involvement in educational video presentations. Exhibition files consist of scattered materials on Tatti's shows at the Anthology Film Archives; Burr Galleries; Galerie Claude Bernard; The Kitchen, Mercer Arts Gallery; Northeast Harbor Gallery; and Roko Gallery.

Writings, notes, and lists include writings by Benedict Tatti; writings about Benedict Tatti, including a statement on the artist by Isamu Noguchi; and lists compiled by Adele Tatti relating to her late husband's work. Artwork contains Tatti's sketch of a sculpture for the Northeast Harbor Museum and sketches of medal designs. Printed material consists of announcements, brochures, invitations, exhibition catalogues and checklists, clippings, periodicals, newsletters, reproductions, other printed matter, and monographs. Photographs include black and white prints of portrait shots of Benedict Tatti, Tatti in his studio and with others, video equipment and Tatti's video art; also found are color photographs of Tatti's sculptures and design maquettes.
Arrangement note:
The collection is arranged as 9 series:

Missing Title

Series 1: Biographical Material, 1936-1993 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 2: Correspondence, 1945-2008 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 3: Project Files, 1966-2005 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 4: Subject Files, circa 1950s-2008 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 5: Exhibition Files, 1945-1992 (Box 1; 0.1 linear feet)

Series 6: Writings, Notes, and Lists, circa 1940s-2009 (Box 1; 4 folders)

Series 7: Artwork, 1970-circa 1990s (Box 1; 3 folders)

Series 8: Printed Material, 1937-1976 (Boxes 1-2; 0.8 linear feet)

Series 9: Photographs (circa 1936-1970s), circa 1964-2010 (Box 3; 0.4 linear feet)
Biographical/Historical note:
Benedict Tatti (1917-1993) worked in New York as a sculptor, painter, educator, and video artist.

Born in New York in 1917, Tatti began his art education at Haaren High School. He continued his studies at the Roerich Museum with Louis Slobodkin, the Art Students League with William Zorach and Ossip Zadkine, and the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art under Attillio Piccirelli. Later in his career, he attended the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts. During World War II, Tatti served in the United States Army Air Force, where he spent three years assigned to variety of projects. In 1948, Benedict Tatti married Adele Rosenberg in New York City.

Throughout his career, Tatti continuously experimented with various media. From 1952-1963, Tatti executed sculptural models of architectural and consumer products for the industrial designers, Raymond Loewy Associates; later he became a color consultant for the firm. In the 1960s, influenced by the Abstract Expressionists, Tatti turned from carving directly in wood and stone to creating assemblage sculptures, using bronze metal and other industrial materials. During this period, Tatti spent summers on Monhegan Island in Maine, where he developed his water coloring techniques. In 1963, Tatti was hired to teach sculpture at the High School of Art and Design in New York, a position that he held for fifteen years.

In the 1970s, Tatti, with no previous background in video work developed technology for video imaging. He became an associate member of the Kitchen at the Mercer Arts Center exhibiting his video sculptures along with other early innovators of this new art form. In 1975, he invented a rewind reel adapter device. Despite health problems, Tatti continued to work and exhibit into the 1980s. He assisted his brother, Alexander Tatti and his nephew, Steven Tatti on the restoration of the Statue of Liberty on Ellis Island, which was completed in 1985.

Benedict Tatti received solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the United States and abroad, including the Burr Gallery, Claude Bernard Galleries, Metropolitan Museum of Art, under the Artists for Victory Program, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Northeast Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Roko Gallery. Also, Tatti's work was regularly featured in annual exhibitions of several arts organizations: American Society of Contemporary Artists, Annual Avant Garde Festival, Audubon Artists, Brooklyn Society of Artists, and Painters and Sculptors Society of New Jersey. His awards included the National Soldier Art Competition at the National Gallery of Art (1945); Artist-in-Residence, National Center of Experiments TV, San Francisco, California, (1969); and the Creative Artists Public Service (CAPS), (1972). Tatti's artwork is in the permanent collections of the American Numismatic Society, Art Students League, Dumbarton Oaks, Monhegan Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and the Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts.

Benedict Tatti died on July 30, 1993.
Provenance:
The Benedict Tatti papers were donated by Adele Tatti, widow of Benedict Tatti, in 2010.
Restrictions:
Use of original papers requires an appointment.
Rights:
The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.
Occupation:
Video artists -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Topic:
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Genre/Form:
Notes
Awards
Lists
Christmas cards
Photographs
Designs
Sketches
Citation:
Benedict Tatti, 1936-2011, bulk 1945-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Identifier:
AAA.tattbene
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Benedict Tatti papers
Archival Repository:
Archives of American Art
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/mw9b58b3ec4-c37d-49b9-8159-5cff7c512cf1
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-aaa-tattbene

1.25 Lesher Dollar

Physical Description:
octagonal (coin shape)
silver (overall material)
struck (overall production method)
0 (overall die axis measurement)
Measurements:
coin:;
Object Name:
coin
medal
Place made:
United States
Associated Place:
United States: Colorado
Date made:
1984
Associated Date:
1900
Credit Line:
American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
NU.84.51.1
Catalog number:
84.51.1
1984.0926.0001
Accession number:
1984.0926
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a7-ac3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_949143

Curatorial Records

Topic:
Willis H. DuPont Collection
Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., Collection
Extent:
17 cu. ft. (17 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Brochures
Clippings
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Color negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Color transparencies
Color photographs
Date:
1906-1999
Descriptive Entry:
These records primarily document the curatorial and professional activities of Vladimir Clain-Stefanelli and his wife, Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli, and to a lesser extent the activities of curators Stuart M. Mosher, Richard G. Doty, and Cora Lee C. Gillilland. The records date back to when the National Numismatic Collection was known as the Division of Numismatics, and prior to 1947 when the collections were created and maintained by the Division of History.

Material includes correspondence, memoranda, and notes pertaining to exhibition planning, inventory projects, coin and medal acquisitions, conferences, staff publications, care of numismatic collections, and annual reports; articles, news releases, and newspaper clippings about the Clain-Stefanellis; contracts; scripts and floor plans for the Hall of Numismatics; exhibition brochures; photographs of the Clain-Stefanellis at special events; information on medal programs; publications and lecture papers authored by the Clain-Stefanellis; research and work progress reports; correspondence with organizations such as the American Numismatics Association, American Bankers Association, and the Federation Internationale de la Medaille; and awards presented to the Clain-Stefanellis. Also includes records documenting the Josiah K. Lilly, Jr., Collection of gold coins and the Willis H. DuPont Collection of Russian coinage.
Topic:
Intellectual property  Search this
Museums -- Collection management  Search this
Museum exhibits  Search this
Genre/Form:
Manuscripts
Brochures
Clippings
Floor plans
Black-and-white negatives
Color negatives
Black-and-white photographs
Color transparencies
Color photographs
Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-206, National Museum of American History, National Numismatic Collection, Curatorial Records
Identifier:
Accession 02-206
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Curatorial Records
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_collection:sova-sia-fa02-206

Photographs/Newspaper Clippings: American Numismatic Association Convention, 1964

Container:
Box 17 of 17
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-206, National Museum of American History, National Numismatic Collection, Curatorial Records
See more items in:
Curatorial Records
Curatorial Records / Box 17
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa02-206-refidd1e11800

American Numismatic Association (ANA), 1992

Container:
Box 2 of 17
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-206, National Museum of American History, National Numismatic Collection, Curatorial Records
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Curatorial Records
Curatorial Records / Box 2
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa02-206-refidd1e1576

American Numismatic Association, 1966

Container:
Box 11 of 17
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 02-206, National Museum of American History, National Numismatic Collection, Curatorial Records
See more items in:
Curatorial Records
Curatorial Records / Box 11
Archival Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-sia-fa02-206-refidd1e7878

American Numismatic Association (Numismatic Terms Standardization Committee)

Collection Creator:
Bowker, Howard Franklin  Search this
Container:
Box 2, Folder 1
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
1966-1967
Collection Restrictions:
Collection is open for research but is stored off-site and special arrangements must be made to work with it. Contact the Archives Center for information at archivescenter@si.edu or 202-633-3270.
Collection Rights:
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Collection Citation:
Howard F. Bowker Papers, Archives Center, National Museum of American History
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Howard F. Bowker Papers
Archival Repository:
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
GUID:
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep88511e5a5-ff3e-4212-8b74-53d101e3637a
EDAN-URL:
ead_component:sova-nmah-ac-1462-ref14

badge

Associated institution:
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Measurements:
badge: 8.3 cm x 4.2 cm; 3 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in
Object Name:
Badge
Place made:
United States: New York, Rochester
Associated place:
United States: Ohio, Cleveland
Date made:
1924
Credit Line:
Stack's
ID Number:
NU.73.153.009
Catalog number:
73.153.009
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-297e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_967450

badge

Associated institution:
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (uniface material)
Measurements:
badge: 9.5 cm x 5.1 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 in
Object Name:
Badge
Date made:
1935
Credit Line:
Stack's
ID Number:
NU.73.153.011
Catalog number:
73.153.011
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-2980-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_967452

badge

Associated institution:
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (uniface material)
Measurements:
badge: 9.3 cm x 5.4 cm; 3 11/16 in x 2 1/8 in
Object Name:
Badge
Place made:
United States: Ohio, Columbus
Associated place:
United States: Ohio
Date made:
1938
Credit Line:
Stack's
ID Number:
NU.73.153.012
Catalog number:
73.153.012
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-2982-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_967454

5 Cents, Modified Coin, United States, 1937

Physical Description:
nickel; copper (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .2 cm x 2.1 cm; 3/32 in x 13/16 in
Object Name:
coin, modified
nickel
Place made:
United States: Colorado, Colorado Springs
Date made:
2013
Date on coin:
1937
Credit Line:
Daniel Cross
ID Number:
2013.0277.01
Accession number:
2013.0277.01
Catalog number:
2013.0277
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-f522-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1452576

Benedict Tatti papers, 1936-2011, bulk 1945-1993

Creator:
Tatti, Benedict Michael, 1917-1993  Search this
Subject:
Noguchi, Isamu  Search this
Slobodkin, Louis  Search this
Canfield, Jane  Search this
Goodrich, Lloyd  Search this
Zorach, William  Search this
American Medallic Sculpture Association  Search this
Anthology Film Archives  Search this
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Mercer Arts Center (Organization: New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Audubon Artists (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Galerie Claude Bernard  Search this
Roko Gallery (New York, N.Y.)  Search this
Type:
Notes
Awards
Lists
Christmas cards
Photographs
Designs
Sketches
Citation:
Benedict Tatti papers, 1936-2011, bulk 1945-1993. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Topic:
Educators -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Painters -- New York (State) -- New York  Search this
Theme:
Lives of artists  Search this
Record number:
(DSI-AAA_CollID)15865
(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)294681
AAA_collcode_tattbene
Theme:
Lives of artists
Data Source:
Archives of American Art
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:AAADCD_coll_294681
Online Media:

29c Numismatics single

Title:
Scott Catalogue USA 2558
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored)/photogravure
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
August 13, 1991
Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
Organizations & Associations  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1993.2015.134
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm837f09baa-315c-4fa7-9bbf-bb05293f3204
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1993.2015.134

medal

Associated institution:
Polish American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (overall material)
Measurements:
medal: 6.17 cm; x 2 7/16 in
Object Name:
Medal
Associated place:
United States: Illinois, Chicago
Date made:
1973
Credit Line:
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A.
ID Number:
1979.1263 [dup46]
Accession number:
1979.1263
Catalog number:
1979.1263
79.112
79.1263
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-45d6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_975040

medal

Issuing authority:
Polish American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (obverse material)
Measurements:
medal:;
Object Name:
Medal
Date made:
1981
Credit Line:
Polish American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
NU.84.06.01
Catalog number:
84.06.01
Accession number:
1984.0463
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Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-320c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_975990

medal

Issuing authority:
Polish American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (obverse material)
Measurements:
medal:;
Object Name:
Medal
Date made:
1983
Credit Line:
Polish American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
NU.84.06.02
Catalog number:
84.06.02
Accession number:
1984.0463
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-320d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_975991

medal

Maker:
Medallic Art Company Ltd.  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, silver (obverse material)
Measurements:
medal:;
Object Name:
Medal
Associated place:
United States
Date made:
1984
Credit Line:
American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
NU.84.33.1
Catalog number:
84.33.1
Accession number:
1984.0765
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-3214-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_975998

medal

Maker:
Medallic Art Company Ltd.  Search this
Physical Description:
metal, bronze (obverse material)
Measurements:
medal:;
Object Name:
Medal
Associated place:
United States
Date made:
1984
Credit Line:
American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
NU.84.33.2
Catalog number:
84.33.2
Accession number:
1984.0765
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-3979-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_975999

New York World's Fair American Numismatic Association Annual Convention Commemorative Coin, United States, 1939

Physical Description:
metal (overall material)
Measurements:
overall: .2 cm x 3.2 cm; 3/32 in x 1 1/4 in
Object Name:
coin
Place made:
United States: New York, Queens
Date made:
1939
ID Number:
1990.0542.1835
Accession number:
1990.0542
Catalog number:
1990.0542.1835
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-5f4a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1757759

American Numismatic Association Building Expansion medal, United States, 1982

Manufacturer:
Medallic Art Company Ltd.  Search this
Issuing authority:
American Numismatic Association  Search this
Physical Description:
struck (overall production method)
silver (overall metal)
circular (overall shape)
Measurements:
overall: 38 mm; x 1 1/2 in
Object Name:
medal
Place made:
United States
Place of issue:
United States
Date made:
1982
Credit Line:
American Numismatic Association
ID Number:
1991.0115.01
Catalog number:
1991.0115.01
Accession number:
1991.0115
See more items in:
Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-283b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1068643

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