Series II: Stuart Sherman
Scope and Content
This series comprises files that were compiled by Brecht while researching his book on artist Stuart Sherman. The files contain original artworks, including drawings and poetry pieces, which are often accompanied by correspondence. Correspondence includes both personal greetings and contributions towards Brecht's research. The series contains photographs documenting Sherman's "Spectacles," copies of Stuart Sherman's Quotidian Review, and newspaper clippings. There are two sets of interview transcripts, one conducted by Stefan Brecht and another by John Matturri. Included are Stefan Brecht's notes documenting Stuart Sherman events and personal interactions. Material ranges from the early 1970's to the late 1990's. Most material was produced in New York City, with a small amount from Stuart Sherman's time living in Germany. Interview transcripts can be found of correlating audio material.
Drawings of Stuart Sherman's Performance at MOMA Sculpture Garden by Alex Conway, August 4-5, 1978, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"One Acts and Two Trilogies" and "The Yellow Chair", [1987-1988], inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Stuart Sherman Spectacles" - by John Matturri, 1978-1979, inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Original Drawings by Stuart Sherman], [1970-1971], inclusive
Box: 11, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A Strange Visit to M. De Charlus" by Marcel Proust and Stuart Sherman [typescript], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Charles Ludlam" by Stuart Sherman [typescript], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Man and Rose" by Stuart Sherman [Original work], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z WORD : 7 Sheets] [1 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry WORD : 23 Sheets] [2 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 28 Paginated Sheets][3 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 29-78 Paginated Sheets] [4 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 79-132 Paginated Sheets] [5 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 133-178 Paginated Sheets] [6 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 179-226 Paginated Sheets] [7 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 227-269 Paginated Sheets] [8 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Untitled Diagram Poetry A-Z : 270-307 Paginated Sheets] [9 of 9], [undated]
Box: 11, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Correspondence, [Circa 1980-1989], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Kolner Ensemble, [1989-1990], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dead Still", December 7-17, 1989, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Memorial, September, 2001, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Statements on Sculpture" and "Invisible Theater", [1990, undated]
Box: 12, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Second Trilogy: Checkhov, Strindberg and Brecht", [1985-1986], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Stuart Sherman in Berlin: "Berlin Walls" and Correspondence], [1986-1988], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"An Evening of One-Act Plays", [1987], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Invitations and Articles], [undated]
Box: 12, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Letter from Cindy Sherman], February 20, 1979, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Helene Winer developed by Cindy Sherman [1 of 3], [1979], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Helene Winer developed by Cindy Sherman [2 of 3], [1979], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Helene Winer developed by Cindy Sherman [3 of 3], [1979], inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [1 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [2 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [3 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [4 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 12, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [5 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs of Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) taken by Babette Mangolte [6 of 6], October 10, 1978, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman annotated, Circa December 1978-January 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Selections from Stuart Sherman's Eighth Spectacle (Portraits of People)", [undated]
Box: 13, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman on his 11th Spectacle, Second Tape of the Evening [Transcript], May 2, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman on his 11th Spectacle (The Erotic) Continues Last Interview : First Cassette of May 2nd [Transcript], May 2, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Third Session of Stuart Sherman's Explanation of his 11th Spectacle (The Erotic). Second Tape of the Evening [Transcript], March 6, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Third Session of Stuart Sherman's Explanation of his 11th Spectacle- Begins here [Transcript], March 6, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Second Session of Stuart Sherman's Explanation of his 11th Spectacle (The Erotic) [Transcript], February 22, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- First Session of Stuart Sherman's Explanation of his 11th Spectacle [Transcript], February 22, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman on Four Movies of his [Transcript], October 19, 1979, inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [1 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [2 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [3 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [4 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [5 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 13, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [6 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [7 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
John Matturri Interview with Stuart Sherman Transcript [8 of 8], [September 25, 1978], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Chekhov" [Trilogy], [1985]
Box: 14, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Imperfect Notes for a Perfect Manifesto and Oedipus" by Stuart Sherman [article from The Drama Review vol. 27, No.4], Winter, 1983, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's First Show [1 of 5], January 22, 1975; November 30, 1991; 1996, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's First Show [2 of 5], [January 5, 1975], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's First Show [3 of 5], [March 12, 1975], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's First Show [4 of 5], [1975], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's First Show [5 of 5], [undated]
Box: 14, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Letters: Preperation for Book on Stuart Sherman, [October, 1978-January 1979], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman's First Show [Index to Transcript] [1 of 5], March 12, 1975, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman's First Show [Transcript] [2 of 5], March 12, 1975, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman's First Show [Transcript] [3 of 5], March 12, 1975, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman's First Show [Transcript][4 of 5], March 12, 1975, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman's First Show [Transcript] [5 of 5], March 12, 1975, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Interview- Stuart Sherman talks with Bob Schneider and Steve Anker, June 24, 1976, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Stuart Sherman's Sixth and Seventh Spectacles], [1975-1976], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Seventh Spectacle, May 21, 1976, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
SLIGHT : Eighth Spectacle at Open Space [Portraits of People], March, 1977, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Tenth Spectacle [1 of 2], [October] 1977, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Tenth Spectacle [2 of 2], [October] 1977, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Eleventh Spectacle (The Erotic) [and 3=1 A Careful Misreading], 1978-1979, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dinner with Stuart, Dec. 29, McBell's." [Brecht's Notes], December 30, 1978, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[John Zorn and Stuart Sherman- Brecht's Notes], January 29, 1979, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Ken Kobland's "Near and Far"- Brecht's Notes], June 9, 1979, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Whitney Biennial "Glasses" and Films], [1979], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Notes and Correspondence], [1979], inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Bernice Reynaude on Stuart Sherman], 1978, inclusive
Box: 14, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stefan Brecht on "Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)" and Stuart's early drawings for sets [1 of 3], [1985-1986, undated]
Box: 14, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stefan Brecht on "Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)" and Stuart's early drawings for sets [2 of 3], [1982-1986, undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stefan Brecht on "Second Trilogy (Chekhov, Strindberg, Brecht)" and Stuart's early drawings for sets [3 of 3], [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Thirteenth Spectacle (Time)", [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Invitations and Press Releases], [undated, 1994]
Box: 15, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
["Ninth Spectacle"], [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's "Hamlet (a portrait)" [with photographs], [1981-1982], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Filmworks, [1980], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Articles about Stuart Sherman], [1979-1982], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
["Faust" at Theater Am Turm], [1982], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's "Tenth Spectacle", [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Stuart Sherman's Outline of Next Ten Movies, February 22, 1979, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
["Carson McCullers" by Stuart Sherman in BOMB], Fall, 1990, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Fifteenth and Sixteenth Spectacles], [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
From Stuart Sherman to Stefan Brecht- [poetry] [1 of 2], April 21, 1992; March 12, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
From Stuart Sherman to Stefan Brecht- ["Away From Here, or, There"] [2 of 2], April 21, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"SOLARIS"- [Book and typescript with cover letter from Stuart Sherman], May 12, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Quotidian Review"- [First and Announcement], 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Quotidian Review" Vol. 1 No. 2, October, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Quotidian Review" Vol. 1 No. 3, November, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Quotidian Review" Vol. 1 No. 4, December, 1992, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Quotidian Review" Vol. 1 No. 5, January-April, 1993, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
[Seventeenth Spectacle (Yes and Noh)], [undated]
Box: 15, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Christman is December" [with original work "Torso"], [1993-1995], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The Book of Books" [with letter from Stuart Sherman], November 19, 1994, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"American Fat"- [with correspondence], [1995-1996], inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The 1995 Eighth Annual Cleveland Performance Art Festival", 1995, inclusive
Box: 15, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
