Stuart Sherman Papers
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Abstract
The Stuart Sherman Papers include material pertaining to his career as a performance and visual artist, poet, actor, and filmmaker. The collection is largely composed of material related to Sherman's artistic output including performance plans, prose and poetry, sketches and diagrams for visual and performance works, drafts for sculpture, photographs, slides, video, film, audio, and floppy disks. Personal material such as correspondence, journal writing, legal and financial documents along with works by fellow artists and writers also make up a large portion of the collection. The material spans from 1945-2001 with the bulk of it covering from 1961-2001.
Biographical Note
Stuart A. Sherman was a performance artist, playwright, filmmaker, videographer, poet, essayist, sculptor and collagist. He was born 9 November 1945 to Helen Gordon and Samuel Sherman in Providence, Rhode Island. Soon after attending Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Sherman moved to Manhattan and began a career in the arts which would span the next three decades. Before mounting his own work, Stuart Sherman worked extensively with Charles Ludlam in the early days of the Ridiculous Theatrical Company and with Richard Foreman's Ontological-Hysteric Theatre (Sherman appeared as Max in Foreman's "Pain(t)" in 1974).
Sherman was possibly best known for his solo "spectacles": programs of very short playlets performed on tabletops, in which he would physically manipulate and create semantic "dramas" around inanimate objects. He created and performed eighteen "spectacles" in all (12 solo and 6 group performances) as well as larger-scale dramatic works, including "Chekhov, Brecht and Strindberg" (1985-86), a trilogy of short plays adapting and commenting obliquely on those authors, "Slant (concerning Emily Dickinson)" (1987), and "Solaris" (1992).
Stuart Sherman also made over forty films and videos (rarely lasting more than five minutes), many of the most haunting of which were portraits of friends: Portrait of Benedicte Pesle (1984), Mr. Ashley Proposes (Portrait of George) (1985), Liberation (Portrait of Berenice Reynaud) (1993), and the 73-second Edwin Denby (1978). Nearly all of Stuart Sherman's film works are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Although best known for his performances and video, Sherman practiced in a variety of visual and literary mediums. He considered all of his artistic practices to share a performative dimension, and denied any guiding aesthetic principle. Sherman was wary of attributing any strict meaning to his work and assumed an essential polysemy in its interpretation. This assumption critically aligned Sherman's work with that of many of his downtown contemporaries.
Akin to the many distinct forms his art took, Sherman's work found an international audience. Although perhaps most at home with his New York contemporaries, he performed, exhibited, and lectured throughout the US (San Francisco, Cambridge, Boston, Indianapolis, Chicago) and abroad (Germany, Holland, The Netherlands, France, Wales, Japan, Australia).
Stuart Sherman received numerous awards for his work, including a Prix de Rome, a Guggenheim Fellowship, an Obie, a MacDowell Colony fellowship, an Asian Cultural Council Grant, a DAAD Grant for residency in Berlin and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sherman died of AIDS in San Francisco on 14 September 2001.
Stage Works:
- First Spectacle (1975)
- Second Spectacle (with Stefan Brecht, Richard Foreman, Kate Manheim) (1976)
- Seventh Spectacle (with 30 performers) (1976)
- Tenth Spectacle (Portraits of Places) (1978)
- Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) (1979)
- Twelfth Spectacle (Language) (1980)
- Thirteenth Spectacle (Time) (1980)
- First Trilogy: Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust (1981-84)
- Second Trilogy: Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht (1985-86)
- The Man in Room 2538 (1986)
- It Is Against the Law To Shout "Fire" In A Crowded Theater (1986)
- Endless Meadow and So Forth (1986)
- This House Is Mine Because I Live In It (1986)
- Slant (concerning Emily Dickinson) (1987)
- Crime and Punishment, or the Book and the Word (1987)
- "A" Is For Actor (1987)
- The Yellow Chair (1987)
- But What Is The Word For "Bicycle"? (1988)
- The Play of Tea, or Pinkies Up! (1989)
- Objects of Desire (1989)
- Knock, Knock, Knock, Knock (1989)
- Fourteenth Spectacle (1989)
- Taal Eulenspiegel (1990)
- Fifteenth Spectacle (1991)
- Sixteenth Spectacle (It's a Musical!) (La Mama E.T.C., March 18, 1991)
- Solaris (1992)
- Seventeenth Spectacle (Yes and Noh) (1993)
- Eighteenth Spectacle (The Spaghetti Works) (1993)
- Nineteenth Spectacle (But Second Musical) (La MaMa E.T.C., Jan. 10, 1994)
- Queer Spectacle (1994)
- The Stations of the Cross, or the passion of Stuart (2000)
Filmography:
- Globes (1977), 2:41
- Scotty and Stuart (1977), 2:22
- Skating (1978), 2:44
- Tree Film (1978), 1:30
- Edwin Denby (1978), 1:13
- Camera/Cage (1978), 2:57
- Flying (1979), 0:50
- Baseball/TV (1979), 1:12
- Hand/Water (1979), 1:37
- Piano/Music (1979), 1:17
- Roller Coaster/Reading (1979), 3:00
- Fountain/Car (1980), 0:39
- Rock/String (1980), 0:55
- Elevator/Dance (1980), 3:12
- Theatre Piece (1980), 0:52
- Bridge Film (1981), 1:20
- Racing (1981), 1:05
- Typewriting (Pertaining to Stefan Brecht) (1982), 2:06
- Chess (1982), 1:20
- Golf Film (1982)
- Fish Story (1983), 0:52
- Portrait of Benedicte Pesle (1984), 0:56
- Mr. Ashley Proposes (Portrait of George) (1985), 1:35
- Eating (1986), 6:10
- The Discovery of the Phonograph (1986), 6 min
- Scotty Snyder (All Around the Table) (1987), 10:13
- Berlin Tour (1988), 12 min
- Black-Eyed Susan (Portrait of an Actress) (1989), 9 min
- Liberation (Portrait of Berenice Reynaud) (1993), 8 min
Videography:
- Five Flowers (1982)
- Berlin (West)/Andere Richtungen (1986)
- Gray Matter (1987)
- Video Walk (1987)
- Yes and Noh Karaoke (1993)
- Scaffolding (1993)
- Don't Hang Up, I'm Freezing (1994)
- A Glass of Fish (1994)
- Cheers! (1994)
- Two Pixel Videos (Black and White/Grain) (1994)
- The Leap (1994)
- Bill Rice's Beer Garden (1994)
- Son of Scotty and Stuart (1994)
- Me and Joe (1994)
- 8 Eggs (1994)
- Pull (A Portrait of David Nunemaker) (1994)
- News Break (1994)
- Holy Bible (1994)
- Ah-Choo (1994)
Arrangement
For the most part materials are arranged as they were received.
All efforts were made to preserve the original arrangement of the collection.
Series
- Series I: Personal
- Series II: Legal and Financial
- Series III: Prose, Poetry and Other Writing
- Series IV: Performance
- Series V: Works by Others
- Series VI: Artwork
- Series VII: Photographs
- Series VIII: Slides
- Series IX: Video
- Series X: Film
- Series XI: Audio
- Series XII: Misc. Media
- Series XIII: Objects
- Oversize Series
Scope and Contents
The Stuart Sherman Papers include material pertaining to his career as a performance and visual artist, writer, actor, and filmmaker. The collection is largely composed of material related to Sherman's artistic output including performance plans, prose and poetry, sketches and diagrams for visual and performance works, drafts for sculpture, photographs, slides, video, film, audio, and floppy disks. Personal material such as correspondence, journal writing, legal and financial documents along with works by fellow artists and writers also make up a large portion of the collection. The material spans from 1945-2001 with the bulk of it covering from 1961-2001. The original order and description of material has largely been preserved and in most cases has been arranged chronologically. Thirteen series and one oversize series divide the collection into subgroups for the convenience of the researcher.
The Stuart Sherman Papers are divided into thirteen series:
SERIES I: Personal consists of personal items and documents including correspondence, resumes, and various material for psychological/spiritual healing.
SERIES II: Legal and Financial includes legal and financial documentation such as apartment leases, tax returns, bank account information, and Sherman's will.
SERIES III: Prose, Poetry and Other Writing contains much of Sherman's creative writing from his teenage years up until his death. The material has been ordered chronologically in groups respective of the arrangement as received: Juvenilia; Notes and Poetry; Reviews and Prose; Poetry; and Diagram Poetry. Although attempts were made to isolate these groups within this series, researchers may find Sherman's poetry and prose mixed throughout the collection. For example, poetry may be found in address books, in notebooks titled prose writing, alongside performance planning, or in other places.
SERIES IV: Performance consists of material related to Sherman's performances including written plans, diagrams, programs, correspondence, promotional material, and press.
SERIES V: Works by Others includes works by artists and writers other than Stuart Sherman which were included in his personal archive. Artworks, books, academic/professional journals, exhibition catalogs, and other miscellaneous items may be found in this series.
SERIES VI: Artworks consists of works of art by Stuart Sherman including drawings, sketches and drafts for sculpture, collage, as well as notes for visual art works. Two folders of mold damaged artworks have been removed from the bulk of other artworks and given a separate box.
SERIES VII: Photographic Materials includes all negatives, transparencies, contact sheets, and photographic prints from the collection. Some prints and contact sheets include photographer name, performance title, date and other identifying information.
SERIES VIII: Slides includes two binders of slides documenting Sherman's artistic output. The original order of slides has been preserved, though no obvious rule of arrangement appears to have existed. Some slides include detailed identifying information.
SERIES IX: Video contains all videotaped material by or pertaining to Stuart Sherman. Paper material which was found within original video containers may be found in Subseries C. Of the media portion, researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Video Recordings – Access Copies. Please contact a Fales archivist.
Subseries A: Video - Access Copies
Subseries B: Video - Originals
Subseries C: Video - Paper Material
SERIES X: Film contains all film from the collection. Researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Film - Access Copies. Please contact a Fales archivist.
Subseries A: Film - Access Copies
Subseries B: Film - Originals
SERIES XI: Audio includes all audio material in the collection. Audio recordings by Sherman may be found in Subseries A and B. Researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Audio - Access Copies. Commercial recordings owned by Sherman are included in Subseries C. Please contact a Fales archivist.
Subseries A: Audio - Access Copies
Subseries B: Audio - Originals
Subseries C: Audio - Works by Others
SERIES XII: Miscellaneous Media includes floppy disks.
SERIES XIII: Objects contains the few objects held within the collection.
OVERSIZE SERIES includes one large poster and several large artworks.
Series IV: Performance
Series VI: Artwork
Subjects
People
Topics
Donors
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection, created by Stuart Sherman was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Stuart Sherman Papers; MSS 192; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University.
Location of Materials
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Mark Bradford, executor of Stuart Sherman's Estate, in 2007. The accession number associated with this gift is 2007.192.
Audiovisual Access Policies and Procedures
Access DVDs for audiovisual materials in the collection are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only.
Some audiovisual materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers. Materials not yet digitized will need to have access copies made before they can be used. To request an access copy, or if you are unsure if an item has been digitized, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Born-digital materials have not been transferred and may not be available to researchers. Researchers may request access copies. To request that material be transferred, or if you are unsure if material has been transferred, please contact fales.library@nyu.edu with the collection name, collection number, and a description of the item(s) requested. A staff member will respond to you with further information.
About this Guide
Processing Information
Processing decisions made prior to August 2018 have not been recorded.
In August 2018, in preparation for materials to be sent to offsite storage, born-digital materials were removed from original boxes in order to keep the born-digital materials onsite in the Fales repository.
Revisions to this Guide
Repository
Series I: Personal
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of personal items and documents including correspondence, resumes, and various material for psychological/spiritual healing.
Misc. Personal items - birth certificate, passport, driver's license, credit card, social security card, library cards, travel etc., N/A
Address and Telephone Book, N/A
Addresses - e-mail, phone numbers, business cards etc., N/A
Resumes, N/A
Astroflash Computer Horoscope, 1969
Fulbright Scholar Program Application [blank], 2000-2001
Coping - misc. spiritual and psychologial healing materials, N/A
Correspondence - misc., 1971-1993
Correspondence - misc., 1998-2002
Correspondence - to Stuart Sherman and Mark Bradford, 2001-2002
Correspondence - George Lesching to Mark Bradford; incl. press, German trans. Of "What is the Word for Bicycle" performance and "Solaris" by Sherman and Lesching, 2002
Correspondence - misc., N/A
Series II: Legal and Financial
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of legal and financial documentation such as apartment leases, tax returns, bank account information, and Sherman's will.
Financial - Receipts, Bank info., etc., N/A
Financial - Bank account registers - 1/28/98-12/16/98; 4/30/97-8/17/99; 8/18/99-5/9/00, 1997-2000
Legal - Will, Bankruptcy files, NYPL donation acknowledgements etc., N/A
Apartment Leases, 1974-2001
Tax Returns, 1993-2000
Series III: Prose, Poetry, and Other Writing
Scope and Contents note
This series includes prose, poetry, reviews, and other creative writing by Stuart Sherman from his teenage years up until his death.
Arrangement
The material has been ordered chronologically in groups respective of the arrangement as received: Juvenilia; Notes and Poetry; Reviews and Prose; Poetry; and Diagram Poetry. Although attempts were made to isolate these groups within this series, researchers may find Sherman's poetry and prose mixed throughout the collection. For example, poetry may be found in address books, in notebooks titled prose writing, alongside performance planning, or in other places.
Juvenilia - Riverdale Country School - literary journals, review papers, and undated school assignment, 1961-1963
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, 1962-1968 - loose sheets, 1962-1968
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, 1969-1972 - loose sheets, 1969-1972
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, 1970-1971 - notebooks [2], 1970-1971
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, 1971-197? - notebook w/ inserted loose sheets, 1971-197?
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, undated - loose sheets, undated
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, undated - loose sheets, undated
Juvenilia - Misc. Writings and Poetry, undated - loose sheets, undated
Journals - loose sheets, 1977, 1985, 1987
Misc. Notes and Poetry - notebooks [4], [circa 2000]
Misc. Notes and Poetry - loose sheets and notebook, undated
Misc. Notes and Poetry - loose sheets and notebooks [3] [orig. folder: "What-have-you (What-had-he)"], undated
Misc. Notes and Poetry - loose sheets, includes phone numbers, e-mail addresses, etc., undated
Reviews by Stuart Sherman - incl. drafts and published versions, N/A
Quotidian Review, 1992-1993
Prose Writing - 1985-1993 - loose sheets and notebook, 1985-1993
Prose Writing - 1994-2000 - loose sheets and notebook, 1994-2000
Prose Writing - undated - loose sheets, undated
"Away From Here, or, There" - drafts, undated
Draft and Notes for unidentified writing, undated
Poetry - 1985-1991 - loose sheets, 1985-1991
Poetry - 1992-1993 - loose sheets, 1992-1993
Poetry - 1994-1998 - loose sheets, 1994-1998
Poetry - Inflatable Magazine #4 (Summer 1997), 1997
Poetry - 8/21/98-1/6/00 - loose sheets, 1998-2000
Poetry - Jan - July 2000 - loose sheets, 2000
Poetry - 1/7/00-1/15/00; 6/12/00-8/10/00 - notebook, 2000
Poetry - 4/28/00-5/31/00; 8/12/00-11/21/00 - notebook, 2000
Poetry - Aug - Dec 2000 - loose sheets, 2000
Poetry - 11/21/00-12/30/00 - notebook, 2000
Poetry - 12/30/00-4/18/01- notebook, 2000-2001
Poetry - Jan - Mar 2001 - loose sheets, 2001
Poetry - 4/18/01-8/9/01 - notebook, 2001
Poetry - undated - loose sheets and notebook, undated
Diagram Poetry - untitled [53 paginated sheets w/ envelope postmarked 1971], 1971
Diagram Poetry - "WORD" [23 paginated sheets], undated
Diagram Poetry - untitled [307 paginated sheets], undated
Diagram Poetry - untitled A-Z [4 unique copies], undated
Diagram Poetry - Misc., undated
Diagram Poetry - Misc., undated
Diagram Poetry - Misc., undated
Series IV: Performance
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of paper materials relating to Stuart Sherman performances including written plans, diagrams, programs, correspondence, promotional material, and press.
Performance - "Cough", Discordia [notes, diagrams, correspondence, proposal, photograph], 1995
Performance - "The Stations of the Cross, or, the Passion of Stuart" [notes, diagrams, contract, notebook etc.], circa 2000
Performance - Proposal for Whitney Museum installation, drawn by R.D. Lloyd, undated
Misc. Performance - notes and diagrams, circa 2000
Misc. Performance - notes, diagrams, photographs and correspondence, N/A
Misc. Performance - notes and writing, N/A
Performance, film, video, and sound scripts w/ notes, N/A
Programs and Promotional Material, 1983-2000
Programs and Promotional Material, 1983-2000
Program - "Artistic Boundaries Crossed: Symposium on Object Theatre," Amsterdam - incl. articles by and about Sherman, 1996
Program - "Memorial Spectacle," Millenium Film Workshop, 7 June 2002, 2002
Promo sheet - "The Eleventh Spectacle" [glasses], undated
Promo sheet - "The Twelfth Spectacle" [glasses], undated
Promo sheet - "The Thirteenth Spectacle" [glasses], undated
Misc. Press, 1983-1997
Series V: Works by Others
Scope and Contents note
This series consists of works by artists and writers other than Stuart Sherman which were included in his personal archive. Artworks, books, academic/professional journals, exhibition catalogs, and other miscellaneous items may be found in this series. Some publications include contributions by or about Stuart Sherman.
Drawings "for Stuart" [by Tom Zummer?], 1986, 1987
Drawings by Tom Zummer signed to Stuart, from "Discourse" 11.2 (Spring-Summer 1989), 1989
Scotty Snyder list of works, 1969-1995
Written works by Bob Fleischner [2], undated
Written works by John Matturri [2], undated
Art book - Claudio Goulart, [untitled] Amsterdam, August 1982, 1982
Art book - Tim Etchells, "Repeat Forever", undated
Art book - Kate Manheim, "The Joy of Cooking" (An Infinity Etc Book), undated
Mailing - Tripod Depot mailing [misc. typed works], 1992
Mailing - Tripod Depot [e-mail and misc. typed works], 1998
Mailing - Tripod Depot mailing - "The Holy Bible", 2001
Misc. writings, resumes, script, artwork, recommendation, etc., N/A
Publication - Julian Maynard Smith, Ken Wilder, "Spaces and Narrations" (97-99 Gallery) exhibit catalog, 1998
Publication - Stefan Brecht, Poems, 1976
Publication - Performance Art magazine 2, 1979
Publication - See/Saw magazine 1 (Winter '81-'82), 1981-1982
Publication - Object Theatre: Body and Object, Blue Report 6 (Amsterdam: Theater Instituut Nederland, December 1998), 1998
Publication - Millenium Film Journal, No. 34 (Fall 1999); No.35/36 (Fall 2000), 1999-2000
Publication - Canyon Cinema, Film/Video Catalog, 2000
Publication - Quentin Bertoux and Jean-Marc Adolphe, ALIS (Maison de la Culture d'Amiens et ALIS, 2000), 2000
Publication - Noel Sheridan, "On Reflection" (Four Courts Press), includes selection by Stuart: "Performance, Perth, 1991" [book was discarded due to excessive mold and irreparable water damage; notes from author to Stuart have been photocopied], undated
Publication - Hamlet, annotated copy w/ loose notes, undated
Publication - The Chapel Hymnal, N/A
Trading Cards - "Ideas in Motion" John Davis, 1999
Series VI: Artwork
Scope and Contents note
This series includes drawings, sketches, drafts for sculpture, collage, and other artworks. Sixty-nine original drafts (Folders 120 and 121) were treated for mold damage and have been housed separately (Box 5B). Several works had post-it annotations attached, which have been photocopied and removed. The photocopies are housed next to the corresponding draft.
Notes for artworks - to-do lists, undated
Drawings w/ exhibition card - Paula Allen Gallery, 11/30/89-12/23/89, 1987, 1989
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1986-1995
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1987
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1988
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1988-1989
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1990-1999
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes - w/ drafts by Tom Zummer, 1991-1992
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1991-1992
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, 1991-1993
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, undated
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, undated
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, undated
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, undated
Drawings, Sketches for Sculpture, Notes, undated
Draft Drawings - Sculpture [photocopies w/ notes], 1985
Original Drafts - Sculpture, 1985-1989
Original Drafts - Sculpture [5 drawings on foamboard], 1985
Original Drafts - Sculpture [4 drawings on foamboard], undated
Original Drafts - Sculpture [5 drawings on foamboard], undated
Original Drafts - Sculpture, undated
Original Drafts - Sculpture, undated
Original Drafts ***Mold damaged artwork, N/A
Original Drafts ***Mold damaged artwork, N/A
Transparencies - Drafts for Sculpture, undated
Collage - List of artworks, 1995-1996
Collage works, 1995-1996
Collage works, 1995-1997
Collage works, 1995-1997
Collage works - "Book of Colors", 1/25/96, 1995-1996
Collage works - "Asses to Asses" [orig. housed in binder], 1996
Collage works - [orig. housed in binder], 1996-1997
Collage works - w/ exhibition sign, May 1997, 1996-1997
Collage works, 1999
Collage works, drawings, notes, poetry - 2/01-7/01, 2001
Collage works and drawing, undated
Paper sculpture/collage, undated
Series VII: Photographs
Scope and Contents note
This series includes all negatives, transparencies, contact sheets, and photographic prints from the collection. Some prints and contact sheets include photographer name, performance title, date and other identifying information.
Photographs and Negatives - "Stations of the Cross, or the Passion of Stuart", [2001]
Photographs - "Stations of the Cross, or the Passion of Stuart"; photographer: Herman Sorgeloos, 2001
Photographs - "Perfilmance", Anthology Film Archives, 11/5/94; photographer: Larry Miller, 1994
Photographs and Negatives - [shoes] with note from photographer: Tim Balderstone, 1984
Contact Sheets - "Room Enough?", 12/30/77; photographer: Nathaniel Tileston, 1977
Photographs and Negatives - Misc performance, Sculpture, Promotional, etc.; photographers incl. Babette Mangolte, Netty A Mamahit, Christian Blei, et al, undated
Photographs and Negatives - Misc. personal, family, etc., undated
Photographs w/ cardboard frame - Parents, 1972
Photograph w/ cardboard frame - unidentified event, undated
Series VIII: Slides
Scope and Contents note
This series contains includes two binders of slides documenting Sherman's artistic output. Some slides include detailed identifying information.
Arrangement
The original order of slides has been preserved, though no obvious rule of arrangement appears to have existed.
Slides - Misc. Performance, Exhibit, etc., undated
Slides - Misc. Performance, Exhibit, etc., undated
Series IX: Video
Extent
Scope and Contents
This series contains contains all videotaped material by or pertaining to Stuart Sherman.
Arrangement
The materials are arranged into three subseries. Paper material which was found within original video containers may be found in Subseries C. The subseries are labeled as follows:
Subseries A: Video - Access Copies
Subseries B: Video - Originals
Subseries C: Video - Paper Material
Conditions Governing Access
Of the media portion, researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Video Recordings – Access Copies. Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2596.
Subseries A: Video Recordings - Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access
Access copies for some materials are available by appointment for reading room viewing and listening only. Please contact fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Selections from "The First Spectacle" (perf. on the set of R. Foreman's "Pandering to the Masses"), 4/75, 1975
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:26:46
Source ID: 192.0155
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from Spectacles, 1975-1976, 1975-1976
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:15:00]
Source ID: 192.0147
Original Format: U-matic
"The Second Spectacle" (w/ Stefan Brecht, Richard Foreman, Kate Manheim), [197-]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:45:00
Source ID: 192.0154
Original Format: U-matic
Segment from "Sunday" cable tv program, 06/76; pre-production perf.; discussion w/ Jerald Ordover, 1976
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:23:37
Source ID: 192.0034
Original Format: U-matic
"The Seventh Spectacle", [1976]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0158
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from Films ("Scotty and Stuart", "Skating", "Flying") and Performances ("11th and 10th Spectacles", "Hamlet", "Oedipus", "Faust", "Chekhov", "Strindberg", "Brecht"), [1977-1986]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:35:00
Source ID: 192.0141
Original Format: U-matic
Compilation Tape - selections from Films ("Scotty and Stuart", "Skating", "Flying") and Performances ("11th Spectacle", "10th Spectacle", "Hamlet", "Oedipus", "Faust", "Chekhov"), [1977-1986]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:24:00]
Source ID: 192.0138
Original Format: U-matic
Excerpts from "The Classical Trilogy (Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust)" and "The Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)", [1977-1986]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0152
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:20:25
Source ID: 192.0060
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:20:00
Source ID: 192.0062
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:11
Source ID: 192.0067
Original Format: U-matic
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:20:00]
Source ID: 192.0156
Original Format: U-matic
4 videos - "Berlin…" (1986), "Gray Matter" (1987), "Video Walk" (1987), "Five Flowers" (1979), 1979, 1986, 1987
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:09:00]
Source ID: 192.0076
Original Format: U-matic
"The Thirteenth Spectacle (Language)", 10/17/80, 1980
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:38:00
Source ID: 192.0162
Original Format: Betamax
Tape 1, Language [?], 11/9/80; original unedited material, 1980
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:35:00
Source ID: 192.0133A
Original Format: U-matic
Tape 2, 11/9/80, 1980
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0146
Original Format: U-matic
"The Tenth Spectacle" - Toulouse Lyon (take 2), St. Petersburg (3), NY (2), Woonsocket (1), Amsterdam (1), Mexico City (1), Woonsochet (2), 1980
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0137
Original Format: U-matic
"The Tenth Spectacle", [1980]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0157
Original Format: U-matic
"The Twelfth Spectacle (Language)", 1981
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0160
Original Format: U-matic
"The Twelfth Spectacle (Language)", [1981]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:30:00]
Source ID: 192.0126
Original Format: U-matic
"Faust - A Portrait by Stuart Sherman", Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt, [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:08
Source ID: 192.0033
Original Format: U-matic
"Faust" (camera: Lisa), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:03:44
Source ID: 192.0031
Original Format: U-matic
"Faust" (New Approach; camera 2, tape 2), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:22
Source ID: 192.0053
Original Format: U-matic
"Faust" #2, MCAD (close-up table, close-up film), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:08:38
Source ID: 192.0068
Original Format: U-matic
"Oedipus", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0129
Original Format: U-matic
"Oedipus" #1, MCAD (camera 3), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:20:36
Source ID: 192.0065
Original Format: U-matic
"Hamlet, a portrait", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:25:00]
Source ID: 192.0149
Original Format: U-matic
"Hamlet" (tape 2), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:25
Source ID: 192.0056
Original Format: U-matic
"Hamlet" (unedited), Tape 5[?] pre-shoot for June 12, [1981-1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:20
Source ID: 192.0064
Original Format: U-matic
"Five Flowers", [1982]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:02:00
Source ID: 192.0129
Original Format: U-matic
Performance "Mat. Fac." [?], 10/30/83, 1983
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0151
Original Format: U-matic
MIT Hallway [1984/5], 1984-1985
General Note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:24:00
"21 Films", 1984
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:50:00
Source ID: 192.0159
Original Format: U-matic
"Faust" #1, MCAD (close-up table w/ globes; side shot w/ interruptions; wide shot #2), [1984]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:03
Source ID: 192.0032
Original Format: U-matic
MIT, [1984/5]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:07:00
Source ID: 192.0140
Original Format: U-matic
"Chekhov", MIT (video by Glorianna Davenport/Steve Keuttel), [1984/5]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0073
Original Format: U-matic
"Inside/Outside (Inside an Outsider's View of MIT)", MIT, 3/85, 1985
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:22:41
Source ID: 192.0051
Original Format: U-matic
"Trilogy" - Brecht, The Kitchen, 6/23/86, 1986
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:19:55
Source ID: 192.0071
Original Format: U-matic
"Trilogy - Chekhov, Strindberg", The Kitchen (High Speed Dub), [1986]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:21:00
Source ID: 192.0070
Original Format: U-matic
"Berlin (West)/ Andere Richtungen", [1986]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:10:00
Source ID: 192.0125
Original Format: U-matic
"An Evening of Performance and Film", 6/9/88 (Tape 1 of 2), 1988
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:38:00
Source ID: 192.0130
Original Format: U-matic
"An Evening of Performance and Film", 6/9/88 (Tape 2 of 2), 1988
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:38:00
Source ID: 192.0131
Original Format: U-matic
Tape #1 - "SSB, Nancy Tobin, Stalemate, [illegible subtitles], sneezing", [1988]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:20:08
Source ID: 192.0058
Original Format: U-matic
"The Fourteenth Spectacle", 8/26/89, 1989
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:52:48
Source ID: 192.0161
Original Format: VHS
"Black-Eyed Susan (Portrait of An Actress)", 1989
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:11:00]
Source ID: 192.0144
Original Format: U-matic
"Tea" (A intro), [1989]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:00:00]
Source ID: 192.0142
Original Format: U-matic
"Tea" (B), [1989]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 01:04:13
Source ID: 192.0075
Original Format: U-matic
"Tea" (intro of B+C [?]), [1989]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:51:00
Source ID: 192.0127
Original Format: U-matic
"Tea" (C), [1989]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:45:00
Source ID: 192.0145
Original Format: U-matic
"The Fifteenth Spectacle: Epoche," 6/23/90, 1990
General Note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:50:00
Video Mix, Whitney Museum, 11/25/90, 1990
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: [00:13:06]
Source ID: 192.0143
Original Format: U-matic
"A Glass of Fish", [1993]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:06:45
Source ID: 192.0069
Original Format: U-matic
"Liberation (A Portrait of Berenice Reynaud)", [1993]
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:08:30
Source ID: 192.0132
Original Format: U-matic
"Perfilmance" at Anthology, 11/5/94, 1994
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 01:02:19
Source ID: 192.0074
Original Format: U-matic
["Spectacle" 6/17/97], 1997
General Note
Format: DVD
TRT: 01:04:00
Stuart Sherman segment from KRMA-TV production of "Season Ticket" [interview], undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:07:00
Source ID: 192.0061
Original Format: U-matic
Tape #1 - pre-shoot [unidentified project], undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:19:09
Source ID: 192.0055
Original Format: U-matic
Tape #2 - pre-shoot, June 12, undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:20:08
Source ID: 192.0059
Original Format: U-matic
Tape #2 - original material, [illegible subtitles] "music/ bulls/ mouse", undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:19:04
Source ID: 192.0063
Original Format: U-matic
Tape #3 - "Eyes", undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:16:05
Source ID: 192.0052
Original Format: U-matic
"Forest Fire", undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:23:08
Source ID: 192.0057
Original Format: U-matic
Performance selections, undated
General note
Format: DVD
TRT: 00:50:00
Source ID: 192.0150
Original Format: U-matic
Subseries B: Video Recordings - Originals
Performance 8/10/75, 1975
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
Selections from "The First Spectacle" (perf. on the set of R. Foreman's "Pandering to the Masses"), 4/75, 1975
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:26:46
"The First Spectacle", 4/15/75 (Cathy Scott), 1975
General note
Format: 1/2" reel
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman's Spectacles - Selections 1975-1976, 1975-1976
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
Selections from Spectacles, 1975-1976, 1975-1976
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:15:00]
"The Second Spectacle" (part 1), [197-]
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
"The Second Spectacle" (w/ Stefan Brecht, Richard Foreman, Kate Manheim), [197-]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:45:00
["The Fourth Spectacle" ?], [197-]
General note
Format: 1/2" reel
TRT: [unknown]
Segment from "Sunday" cable tv program, 06/76; pre-production perf.; discussion w/ Jerald Ordover, 1976
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:23:37
"The Seventh Spectacle" (with 30 Performers), 1976
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
"The Seventh Spectacle" (with 30 Performers), 1976
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
"The Seventh Spectacle" (with 30 Performers), [1976]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
Compilation Tape - selections from Films ("Scotty and Stuart", "Skating", "Flying") and Performances ("11th and 10th Spectacles", "Hamlet", "Oedipus", "Faust", "Chekhov"), [1977-1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:24:00]
Selections from Films ("Scotty and Stuart", "Skating", "Flying") and Performances ("11th and 10th Spectacles", "Hamlet", "Oedipus", "Faust", "Chekhov", "Strindberg", "Brecht"), [1977-1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:35:00
4 videos - "Berlin…" (1986), "Gray Matter" (1987), "Video Walk" (1987), "Five Flowers" (1979), 1979, 1986, 1987
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)", [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:20:00]
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)"; and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" from "The Eighth Spectacle", [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:20:25
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:20:00
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:11
Selections from "The Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic)" and "Portrait of Stuart Sherman" (from "The Eighth Spectacle"), [1979]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:20:00]
Tape 1, "Language" [?], 11/9/80; original unedited material, 1980
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:35:00
"The Tenth Spectacle" - Coconut Grove FL (take 3), Harper Kansas (4), Cairo (3), Copenhagan (2), London (3), Paris (3), Geneva (2), Amsterdam, Corfn[?] (2), Tokyo Milan (3), San Francisco (2), Istanbul (2), 1980
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"The Tenth Spectacle" - Toulouse Lyon (take 2), St. Petersburg (3), NY (2), Woonsocket (1), Amsterdam (1), Mexico City (1), Woonsochet (2), 1980
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"The Tenth Spectacle", [1980]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
Tape 2, 11/9/80, 1980
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
"The Thirteenth Spectacle (Language)", 10/17/80, 1980
General note
Format: Betamax
TRT: 0038:00
"3=1 (A Careful Misreading)" based on poems by Stefan Brecht, Edwin Denby, Peter Frank; Performers: Mickey Greenall and Fiona Templeton; Mickery Theater, Amsterdam, 1980
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"The Twelfth Spectacle (Language)", 1981
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
"The Twelfth Spectacle (Language)", [1981]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:30:00]
"Faust (A Portrait)", Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt, [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Faust (A Portrait by Stuart Sherman)", Theater Am Turm, Frankfurt, [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:08
"Faust" (camera: Lisa), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:03:44
"Faust" (New Approach; camera 2, tape 2), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:22
"Oedipus", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Hamlet, a portrait", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:25:00]
"Hamlet", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Hamlet", [1981-1984]
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"Hamlet" (tape 2), [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:25
"Hamlet" (unedited), Tape 5[?] pre-shoot for June 12, [1981-1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:20
Excerpts from "The Classical Trilogy (Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust)" and "The Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)", [1981-1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
Excerpts from "The Classical Trilogy (Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust)" and "The Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)", [1981-1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
Excerpts from "The Classical Trilogy (Hamlet, Oedipus, Faust)" and "The Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)", [1981-1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Five Flowers", [1982]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:02:00
Performance "Mat. Fac." [?], 10/30/83, 1983
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:00:00]
"Theater for New City" [?] (shot by Taka Iimura), 1983
General note
Format: Betamax
TRT: [unknown]
"Hamlet", MCAD Performance, 4/84, 1984
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Hamlet", MCAD Performance, 4/84, 1984
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:17:00]
"Oedipus", MCAD Performance, 4/84, 1984
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:18:30]
"Oedipus" #1, MCAD (camera 3), [1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:20:36
"Oedipus" #3, MCAD Performance (camera 3), [1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Faust" #1, MCAD (close-up table w/ globes; side shot w/ interruptions; wide shot #2), [1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:03
"Faust" #2, MCAD (close-up table, close-up film), [1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:08:38
"21 Films", 1984
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:50:00
"21 Films", [1984]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
MIT Hallway, [1984/5]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
MIT, [1984/5]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:07:00
"Inide/Outside (Inside an Outsider's View of MIT)", MIT, 3/85, 1985
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:22:41
"Chekhov", MIT, 1985
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", MIT (video by Glorianna Davenport/Steve Keuttel), [1985]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", [1985/6]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", wide angle 2, [1985/6]
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", Reel #3, [1985/6]
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", Tape #4, [1985/6]
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", #5, [1985/6]
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
"Chekhov", #6, [1985/6]
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
Interview for "What's On" Cable TV, 1/4/85, 1985
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"TAAL…" plus "Fire!, Fire!"…, [1986, 1990?]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Curse of Sentimentality", Central Park Bandshell 8/10/1986, 1986
General note
Format: Beta
TRT: [unknown]
"Curse of…", Summerstage, [1986]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Berlin (West)/ Andere Richtungen", 1986
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:06:00]
"Berlin (West)/ Andere Richtungen", [1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:10:00
"Gates of Dawn" 8/15/86, 1986
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Gates of Dawn", [1986]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Trilogy - Chekhov, Strindberg", The Kitchen, 6/23/86, 1986
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Trilogy - Chekhov, Strindberg", The Kitchen (High Speed Dub), [1986]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:21:00
"Trilogy - Brecht", The Kitchen, 6/23/86, 1986
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:19:55
"Brecht", [1986]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Brecht and other performances", [1986]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Cabaret"/ "One-Night Stands", La MaMa, 6/16/1987, w/ George Ashley, Perrry Greaves, John Hagan, Anne Iobst, Mark Boone Jr., Georg Osterman, Scotty Snyder, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"One-Night Stands", La MaMa, 6/16/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Cabaret", [1987]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
HOME, 2/22/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening of One-Act Plays and 2 Films", HOME for Contemporary Theater and Art, 3/1/87; incl. "Eating", "It is Against the Law...", "The Man in Room 2538", "This House is Mine...", "Endless Meadows...", "The Book and the Window...", "Chatanooga Choo-Choo", "A for Actor", "The Discovery of the Phonograph", 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening of One-Act Plays and 2 Films", 3/1/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"One-Acts and 2 Films", 2/22/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"They Were Poor, But They Were Honest", Music Hall, 7/18/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Mixed Signals" Programs 1+2, Spring 1987; "Discovery of the Phonograph" w/ interview, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Yellow Chair" [play], 7/26/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"They Were Poor, But They Were Honest", 7/17/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"School of Jolly Dogs", 12/87, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Slant (Concerning Emily Sickinson)", 11/14/87, Hampshire College, 1987
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening of Performance and Film" conceived and directed by Stuart Sherman, The Club, La MaMa 6/11/88, 1988
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening of Performance and Film", La MaMa, 6/11/88, 1988
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Central Park Performance, 9/11/88, 1988
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Berlin Tour" [film], 1988
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:12:00]
Battery Park performance, 9/12/88, 1988
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening of Performance and Film", 6/9/88 (Tape 1 of 2), 1988
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:38:00
"An Evening of Performance and Film", 6/9/88 (Tape 2 of 2), 1988
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:38:00
"Bicycle", Cologne, [1988]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Sukiyaki a la Sherman a la Tokyo" and other acts, [1988]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Dixon's Place 3/10/89, video by Taka Iimura, 1989
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:15:00]
"Clocktower", 4/22/89, 1989
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"Clocktower", "Vienna" 4/22/89, 1989
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Black-Eyed Susan (Portrait of An Actress)", 1989
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:11:00]
"The Fourteenth Spectacle", 8/26/89, 1989
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: 00:52:48
"Three Pieces", "Play of Tea", [1989]
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
"Tea" (A intro), [1989]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
"Tea" (A), [1989]
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
"Tea" (B), [1989]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 01:04:13
"Tea" (intro of B+C [?]), [1989]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:51:00
"Tea" (C), [1989]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:45:00
"Tea" (C), [1989]
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
Tech rehearsal for play, late 80s, 198?
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Fifteenth Spectacle: Epoche", 6/23/90, 1990
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Fifteenth Spectacle" [?], [1990]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Artist Talk 9/14/90, 1990
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Aber Wie Heisst Das Wort For Fahrrad", Kolner Ensemble w/ Stuart, 1990
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Video Mix, Whitney Museum, 11/25/90, 1990
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:13:06]
"The Sixteenth Spectacle: A Musical", La MaMa, 3/18/91, 1991
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
New Langton, [1991]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Fifteenth Spectacle", New Langton Arts (SF), [1991]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Installation, "Video encyc.", New Langton [?], [1991]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Tom and Stuart, Dixon Place, 10/10/92, 1992
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"New Arts Alive" (BCTV), 9/8/92 (intro. James Carroll), 1992
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Rutgers Tap Teaching Styles, 1993
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Eighteenth Spectacle", 6/17/93, 1993
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"Cheers!", 5/13/93, 1993
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"The Eighteenth Spectacle", 6/17/93, 1993
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Pixil", Dixon Place, 9/14/93, 1993
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Eighteenth Spectacle - Spaghetti Works", 6/12/93, 1993
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
3/6/1993, 1993
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
Karaoke, 3/12/93, 1993
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"Scaffolding", [1993]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"A Glass of Fish", [1993]
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"The Leap" Dailies, [1993]
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"A Glass of Fish", [1993]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:06:45
Films/Video - "Don't Hang Up, I'm Freezing"; "A Glass of Fish"; "Cheers"; "2 Pixel Videos"; "The Leap"; "Son of Scotty and Stuart", [1993]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Liberation (Portrait of Berenice Reynaud)", [1993]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Liberation (Portrait of Berenice Reynaud)", [1993]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:08:30
"Son of Scotty and Stuart", [1993]
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [00:20:00]
"Cheers!" (#3), Titles for Tape (#1), 2 Pixel Videos (#4): "Black and White" and "Grain", [1993]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Christmas Spectacle", 12/9/94, 1994
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"X Mas Spectacle", [1994]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Perfilmance" at Anthology, 11/5/94, 1994
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 01:02:19
"Perfilmance", [1994]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [01:02:00]
"Perfilmance", [1994]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Dixon Place, 9/10/94, 1994
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Fondation Cartier, Seirees nomades ete 1994, 1994
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:50:00]
Selections - "The Eighteenth Spectacle - The Spaghetti Works", Fond Cartier, Paris, 1994
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
9/17/1994, 1994
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
La MaMa - Musical, 1/10/94, 1994
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
9/16/1994, 1994
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
5/14/1994, 1994
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
12/10/1994, 1994
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
"Pull (A Portrait of David Nunemaker)", 1994
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: 12:04:00
"Pull (A Portrait of David Nunemaker)", [1994]
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
"Me and Joe", [1994]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:04:00]
"Holy Bible", "Ah-Choo!", [1994]
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
"Black Eyed Susan", La MaMa - Bill Rice, Stuart Sherman, 2/6/95, 1995
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
Amsterdam - Tape 1, 1995
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
5/29/1995, 1995
General note
Format: Video8
TRT: [unknown]
George and Sherman, 5/30/95, 1995
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
["Spectacle"] 6/17/97 [?], [1997]
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Tape 3, "Eyes", undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:16:05
George Ashley; Taxi Dance Performance; [illegible words] "Chekhov", undated
General note
Format: Betacam
TRT: [unknown]
N/A, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"May Project" by Scorpio, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"Protektion" [?] Kurz Film Festival, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
8, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
TV Program interview, undated
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
Performance, Sherman #2, undated
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
"…w/ four performers", undated
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
Performance, 3 Mercer, undated
General note
Format: 1/2" video tape
TRT: [unknown]
MOMA [other illegible titles], undated
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
Tape #1, pre-shoot [unidentified project], undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:19:09
"Forest Fire", undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:23:08
Tape #1, "SSB, Nancy Tobin, Stalemate, [illegible subtitles], sneezing", undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:20:08
Tape #2, pre-shoot, June 12, undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:20:08
Stuart Sherman segment from KRMA-TV production of "Season Ticket" [interview], undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:07:00
Tape #2, original material - [illegible subtitles] "music/ bulls/ mouse", undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:19:04
Stuart [Burbank, Essex ?], undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"The Gift of Gab", Artists in Residence, by George Kuchar, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
"An Evening with Stuart Sherman and Students", undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman I: Films and Performances, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [00:20:00]
K. Kelman's "Uncle Adolf", undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Performance selections, undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: 00:50:00
"Tower", 9/12, undated
General note
Format: U-matic
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman?, undated
General note
Format: Betamax
TRT: [unknown]
Subway, undated
General note
Format: Hi8
TRT: [unknown]
Selections - Films and Performances, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman Performance Tape, undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Stuart Sherman Performance Tape [see 192.0011B for full credit sheet], undated
General note
Format: VHS
TRT: [unknown]
Subseries C: Video - Paper Material
Performance Tape credit sheet, undated
General note
Source: 192.0011A
"An Evening of On-Act Plays..." at HOME, program/credit sheet, 1987
General note
Source: 192.0025A
"Tape 1, Language [?]", shot index notecards, 1980
General note
Source: 192.0133A
"Black-Eyed Susan" screening promo card, 1989
General note
Source: 192.0144A
Series X: Film
Scope and Contents
This series contains the film material from the Stuart Sherman Papers.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into two subseries as follows:
Subseries A: Film - Access Copies
Subseries B: Film - Originals
Conditions Governing Access
Researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Film - Access Copies. Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2596.
Subseries A: Film - Access Copies
Conditions Governing Access note
Film materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Subseries B: Film - Originals
Boxing Unedited Footage, Undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: 16mm film [Positive], Silent, 700 ft.
Stuart Sherman as Robert Beck, Undated
General note
Format: 8mm
TRT: [Unknown]
Stuart Sherman, Camera - Marianne and Joel, Undated
General note
Format: Super 8mm
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], Undated
General note
Format: 8mm
TRT: [Unknown]
Series XI: Audio
Scope and Content note
This series includes audio recordings from the Stuart Sherman Papers.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into three subseries as follows:
Subseries A: Audio - Access Copies
Subseries B: Audio - Originals
Subseries C: Audio - Works by Others
Audio recordings by Sherman may be found in Subseries A and B. Commercial recordings owned by Sherman are included in Subseries C.
Conditions Governing Access
Researcher access is limited to Subseries A: Audio - Access Copies. Repository permission is required for access. Please contact Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, (212) 998-2596.
Subseries A: Audio Recordings - Access Copies
Subseries B: Audio Recordings - Originals
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape TRT: [Unknown]
4 Sound Pieces; Telephone, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
Telephone, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
4 Sound Pieces (Doors, Water, "Click", Pinball) + Brecht, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
Tony - Reaction II Flint; Strinberg, 1986
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
3 Sound Pieces, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
Atelier de Creation Radiophonique (Rene Farabet), Sherman, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
Radio France - Stuart Sherman, undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
4 Sound Pieces, undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [Unknown]
Sherman - ACR '93 (Atelier de …), 1993
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
[untitled], undated
General note
Format: 1/4" audiotape
TRT: [Unknown]
Subseries C: Audio - Works by Others
Ancient Echoes - Chorovaya Akademia, Alexander Sedov (BMG, 1995), 1995
General note
Format: compact disc
TRT: 00:63:25
Satie, The Early Piano Works 2-disc (Philips, 1998), 1998
General note
Format: compact disc
TRT: 02:22:39
Ethel Merman in Annie Get Your Gun cast album (RCA Victor, 1988), 1988
General note
Format: compact disc
TRT: 00:50:42
The Mystery of Santo Domingo de Silos, Gregorian Chant From Spain (Deutsche Grammaphon, 1969), 1969
General note
Format: compact disc
TRT: [unknown]
Moments of Pleasure single, Kate Bush (EMI, 1993), 1993
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
Japanese pop recording (Columbia Japan, 1986), 1986
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: 00:70:54
Charles Tenet (EMI, 1980), 1980
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
"Olde Christmas Caroles", Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
Christmas in Choir, The Monastic Choir, The Abbey of the Genesee, Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
"Past 3 O'clock", Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
"Past 3 O'clock" copy, Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
"The Hustle" (loop), Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
"Sukiyaki", Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
London Cast, High Spirit, Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
Virgil Thompson, Mostly About Love, Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
Ivor Cutler, "Dandruff", Undated
General note
Format: audiocassette
TRT: [unknown]
Kyu Sakamoto - Sukiyaki, Tankobushi 45 rpm (Capitol Records), Undated
General note
Format: vinyl recording
TRT: [unknown]
Stefan Brecht, Poems, 33 rpm, 1976
General note
Format: vinyl recording
TRT: [unknown]
Series XII: Misc. Media
Extent
Scope and Contents note
This series contains floppy disks.
Conditions Governing Access
Born-digital materials have not been preserved and may not be available to researchers.
Digital Files - Stuart Sherman, "Uncle Adolph" (revised); 12/30/00, 2000
Extent
General note
Format: 3.5" diskette
Digital Files - Stuart Sherman, "Me+You (1+2)" [other unidentified works], 1998-2000
Extent
General note
Format: 3.5" diskette
Digital Files - Stuart Sherman, "The Stations (requirements)" [and other works], 1999-2000
Extent
General note
Format: 3.5" diskette
Digital Files - "thbible", wp versions [?], undated
Extent
General note
Format: 3.5" diskette
Digital Files - Books [?], undated
Extent
General note
Format: 3.5" diskette
Misc. 5.25" diskettes, undated
Extent
General note
Format: 5.25" diskettes
Series XIII: Objects
Scope and Contents
This series contains all objects.
Several objects could not be kept in the collection due to irreparable water damage and/or excessive mold including one Sony Walkman, one bag of multi-colored balloons, two black gloves, two black shoes, and several other articles of clothing.
Water gun umbrella ("Disparaguas - Empapate de Alegria"), undated
Black mask, undated
Plastic frames (circular glasses), undated
AIDS ribbon, undated
Pin of juggler (from Lyppens and Schipper, Amsterdam), undated
Personal movie viewer with two Stuart Sherman film cartridges (in decorated box), undated
Oversize Series
Scope and Contents note
This series contains oversize materials from Series IV, VII and includes one performance poster and other oversize artworks.
Arrangement
This series is arranged into two subseries which describe which original series the oversize materials were withdrawn from. The subseries are labeled as follows:
Series IV: Performance
Series VI: Artwork
