Books
Albright, Thomas. Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1946–1980. Berkeley: University
of California Press, 1985.
Blank, Chotsie, and Ann Seymour. California Artists’ Cookbook. New York: Abbeville
Press, 1982.
Busch, Julia. A Decade of Sculpture. Philadelphia: Art Alliance Press, 1974.
Davis, Douglas. Art and the Future. New York: Praeger, 1973.
Finn, David. Fletcher Benton: The Alphabet. New York: Ruder-Finn Press, 2005.
Hennum, Gerd. På sporet av beat-bohemene. Norway, Oslo: H. Aschehoug & Co., 1998.
Hopkins, Henry, and Mimi Jacobs. 50 West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1981.
Jenkins, Jim, and Dave Quick. Motion Motion: Kinetic Art. Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1989.
Lucie-Smith, Edward. Constructivism: Origins and Evolution. New York: Braziller,1967.
———. Art in the Eighties. Oxford: Phaidon, 1990.
———, and Paul Karlstrom. Fletcher Benton. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991.
McCarthy, Jane, and Laurily K. Epstein. A Guide to the Sculpture Parks and Gardens of America. New York: Michael Kesend Publishing, Ltd., 1996.
Mendelowitz, Daniel Marcus. History of American Art. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1970.
Mogelon, Alex, and Norman Laliberte. Art in Boxes. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1974.
Neubert, George, Peter Selz, Gerhard Kohlberg, and Phyllis Tuchman. The New Constructivism of Fletcher Benton. Lausanne: Editions Acatos, 2001.
Newman, Thelma. Plastics as Sculpture. Radnor, Penn.: Chilton Book Co., 1974.
Plagens, Peter. Sunshine Muse: Contemporary Art on the West Coast. New York: Praeger, 1974.
Radfort, Warren and Georgia. Outdoor Sculpture in San Francisco. Gualala, Calif.: Helsham Press, 2003.
Ratcliff, Carter, and David Finn (Photographer). Fletcher Benton. New York: Ruder-Finn Press, 2003.
Ratcliff, Carter, Chattopadhyay Collette, Leisegang Jolei. Fletcher Benton: An American Artist. New York: Hudson Hills, 2009
Selz, Peter, Chattopadhyay Collette, Ghirardo Diane. Fletcher Benton: The Kinetic Years. New York: Hudson Hills, 2009
Strauss, Anselm. “Three Related Frameworks for Studying Artistic Production.”
Sociologie de l’Art, Paris: Documentation Française, 1986, 183–90.
Exhibition and Collection Catalogues
Acquisitions, ’73. Ridgefield, Conn.: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1973.
American Academy of Arts and Letters. New York, 1979.
American Paintings and Drawings. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1980.
American Sculpture of the ’60s. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; and Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art. 1967.
Anderson, Wayne, and Brian O’Doherty. Art ’65: Lesser Known and Unknown Painters/Young American Sculpture–East to West. New York: Star Press, 1965.
Annual Exhibition 1966, Sculpture and Prints. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1966.
Art in Public Places. A Self-Guided Tour through the City of Brea. Brea, Calif.: 1975
Art Miami 2000, International Art Exposition, Miami.: Miami Beach Convention Center, 1999
The Art Collection of Pacific Enterprises. Los Angeles: Pacific Enterprises, 1991.
The Art of Collaborative Printmaking, Reno:Nevada Museum of Art, 1998.
Art/Science - Line/Design, Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Art Museum, 2000.
artpalmbeach, West Palm Beach, Florida: International Fine Art Exposition, 2000.
Aspects of Abstract. Sacramento, Calif.: Crocker Art Museum, 1979.
The Atlantic Richfield Collection. New York: Atlantic Richfield Company, 1969.
Bellezza, Elaine. Art at Santa Teresa Laboratory. San Jose, Calif.: IBM Santa Teresa Laboratory, 1978.
Berggruen, John. XXV Years. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1995.
Beyond the Surface 2, Fallbrook, California: Art and Cultural Center at Fallbrook, 2003
Bishop Ranch. San Ramon, California: Sunset Development Company, 2001.
Bolomey, Roger. Forgotten Dimension . . . A Survey of Small Sculpture in California. Fresno, Calif.: Fresno Arts Center, 1982.
Burke, Diane, and Diane Ghirardo. Fletcher Benton: Selected Works, 1964–74. Santa Clara, Calif.: de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, 1975.
Butterfield, Jan. “Sculpture Is Realer Than Painting.” California Sculpture Show. Los Angeles: California/International Arts Foundation, 1984.
———. Fletcher Benton. Seoul: Sung Dam Fine Arts, 1991.
California ’66–Painters and Sculptors. Sacramento, Calif.: Crocker Art Gallery, 1966.
CCAC: 75 Years Resource/Reservoirs. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1983.
Cedarhurst Sculpture Park. Mt. Vernon, Il.: Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst/Cedarhurst Sculpture Park, 1999.
Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 2001.
Chicago International Art Exposition. Chicago: Chicago International Art Exhibition, 1986.
Constructivist Tendencies. Santa Barbara: University of California, Santa Barbara, 1970.
Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture. Urbana-Champaign: Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, 1967.
Contemporary Trends. Osaka: Expo Museum of Fine Arts, 1970.
Demetrion, James T. The Hirshhorn Collects: Recent Acquisitions. Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, 1997.
Dickson, Joanne. Project Sculpture. Oakland, Calif.: Cal Central Press, 1981.
Electric Art. Los Angeles: UCLA Art Galleries, University of California, LA, 1969.
Elsen, Albert E. A Decade in the West. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Museum of Art, 1971.
The Endowed Chair: New York: Franklin Parrasch Gallery, 1992.
Environmental. Seoul, Korea: Kukje Gallery, 1995.
Fall/Winter Exhibition. Hamiliton: Grounds for Sculpture, 1998.
The Fifteenth Annual Report of The Presidents Club. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1982.
Fletcher Benton. Brussels: Galerie Françoise Mayer, 1969.
Fletcher Benton. Los Angeles: Tasende Gallery, 2001.
Fletcher Benton. New York: Galeria Bonino, 1968.
Fletcher Benton. New York: Galeria Bonino, 1969.
Fletcher Benton. New York: Neuhoff Gallery, 2003.
Fletcher Benton 1975. San Francisco: Smith Anderson Gallery, 1975
Fletcher Benton: Recent Sculpture. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1977.
Fletcher Benton: Recent Sculpture. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1981.
Fletcher Benton: Escultura Cinética. Rio de Janeiro: Galleria Bonino, 1973.
Fletcher Benton. Fresno State University Gallery. Fresno, Calif.: California State University at Fresno, 1977.
Fletcher Benton: New Sculpture. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1979.
Fletcher Benton. San Jose, Calif.: San Jose Museum of Art, 1982.
Fletcher Benton: Sculpture and Watercolors, 1980–1986. Los Angeles: California International Arts Foundation, 1987.
Fletcher Benton. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Riva Yares Gallery, 1991.
Fletcher Benton: Skulptur und Raum. Cologne: Gothaer Kunstforum, 1993.
Fletcher Benton. Wiesbaden, Germany: Galerie B. Haasner, 1997.
Foley, Suzanne. Fletcher Benton, Jerry Ballaine, Sam Richardson. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1970.
Foster, James W. California 3 by 8 Twice. Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1978.
Gaugler, William M. Florence-Santa Clara: Two Schools of Sculpture. Santa Clara, Calif.: Triton Museum of Art, 1991.
Ghirardo, Diane. Fletcher Benton, 1975: Paintings, Watercolors, Sculpture. San Francisco: Smith Andersen Gallery, 1975.
Gregg, Richard N., and Leroy Butler. Looking West, 1970. Omaha, Neb.: Joslyn Art Museum, 1970.
Griffen, Rachel, Henry Hopkins, and Alvin Balkind. The West Coast Now. Portland, Ore.: Portland Art Association, 1968.
Hemisfair. San Antonio, Tex.: U.S. Pavilion, 1968.
Highlights of the 1967–68 Art Season. Ridgefield, Conn.: Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, 1968.
Holland, Katherine Church. The Art Collection: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
San Francisco: Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, 1986.
———. The Bay Area Collection: Works from The Anderson Collection. Santa Clara, Calif.: Triton Museum of Art, 1996.
Inaugural Exhibition. New York: New School Art Center, New School for Social Research, 1969.
In the Sculptor’s Landscape. Los Angeles: Wight Art Gallery, University of California, Los Angeles, 1993.
The Japan Art Society. Japan: Municipal Art Galleries, Yokohama and Sendai; Kawatoku Gallery, Morioka, 1970.
Janovy, Karen O.: Sculpture from the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 2005.
Kinetics. London: Hayward Art Gallery, 1970.
Kunst in der Fabrik. Krefeld, West Germany: Kleinewefers Intern, 1987.
Light and Movement. Flint, Mich.: Flint Institute of Arts, 1967.
Lytton, Barbara. California Arts Festival. LA: Lytton Center of the Visual Arts, 1967.
Made In California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2000.
McClain, Malcolm A. Artists Forum. Los Angeles: California State University, Los Angeles, 1986.
Minschew, William E. 5x5: Five Artists, Five Works. Fresno, Calif.: Conley Gallery of Art, 1989.
The Museum Collects: Treasures of Twenty Years II, Oxford, Ohio: Miami University Art Museum, 1999.
Navy Pier Walk. Chicago: The Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, 2002.
Navy Pier Walk 2003. Chicago: The Chicago International Sculpture Exhibition, 2003.
Neubert, George W. Public Sculpture/Urban Environment. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Museum, 1974.
———. Brook House Sculpture Invitational. Oakland, Calif.: Kaiser Center, 1982.
1968 Annual Exhibition, Contemporary American Sculpture. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1968.
1973 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973.
Nordland, Gerald. Fletcher Benton: New Sculpture. Milwaukee, Wisc.: Milwaukee Art Center, 1979.
———. New Sculpture by Fletcher Benton II. San Jose, Calif.: San Jose State University, 1980.
———. Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden. Los Angeles: University of California, Los Angeles, 1978.
———, and Thomas H. Garver. Fletcher Benton: Recent Sculpture, Folded Circle Series. San Francisco: John Berggruen Gallery, 1977.
Northern California Art of the Sixties. Santa Clara, Calif.: de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, 1982.
100 Years of California Sculpture. Oakland, Calif.: Oakland Museum, 1982.
Options. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center, 1968.
Out of Town. Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois, 1993.
Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries. Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona, 2005.
Painting and Sculpture Today. Indianapolis: Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1970.
Perlman, Raymond. Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture. Urbana-Champaign: University of Illinois, 1969.
Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture. Pittsburgh, Penn.: Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, 1967.
The Product as an Object, Ohio. Akron, Ohio: Akron Art Institute, 1973.
“Remember: It’s Only Art” – From the Collection of the San Francisco Museum
of Modern Art. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Civic Arts Gallery, Walnut Creek, 1980.
Riva Yares 2000, The First 35 Years. Scottsdale, Ariz.: Riva Yares Gallery, 2000.
Salzmann, Siegfried. Steel Sculpture. Krefeld, West Germany: Park der Burg Linn, 1987.
2nd Flint Invitational. Flint, Mich.: Flint Institute of Arts, 1969.
Selection 1968/University of California, Berkeley. Berkeley: University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, 1968.
Selz, Peter. Directions in Kinetic Sculpture. Berkeley: University Art Museum,University of California, Berkeley, 1966.
———. Fletcher Benton. New York: Landry Bonino Gallery, 1972.
———. Fletcher Benton: Recent Work. La Jolla, Calif.: La Jolla Museum of Art, 1972.
———. Sculpture, Drawings: Fletcher Benton. LA: Esther Robles Gallery, 1972.
———. Fletcher Benton. Rio de Janeiro: Galeria Bonino, 1973.
———. Pioneering Printmakers. San Diego, Calif.: Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego,1974.
The 73rd Western Annual. Denver, Colo.: Denver Art Museum, 1970.
Smith, Howard Ross. Third Winter Invitational Exhibition. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1961.
———. Fifth Winter Invitational Exhibition. San Francisco: California Palace of the Legion of Honor, 1964.
Some Aspects of California Painting and Sculpture. La Jolla, Calif.: La Jolla Museum of Art, 1965.
Story, Ada. Constructivist Tendencies. Goleta, Calif.: Triple R, 1970.
Sujo, Clara Diament. Fletcher Benton. Caracas: Estudio Actual, 1970.
Swig, Roselyne, and Henry Hopkins. San Francisco Arts Festival. San Francisco: Moscone Center, 1982.
Tasende, J. M. The Sculptors Hand. La Jolla, Calif. 2009
Ten Touring Exhibitions, 1965/66. San Francisco:
Art Bank of the San Francisco Art Institute, 1965.
20 American Artists: Sculpture 1982. San Francisco: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1982.
28th Annual Exhibition. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1968.
2 Dimensional Sculpture–3 Dimensional Painting. Richmond, Calif.: Richmond Art Center, 1965.
Two Exhibitions. Rohnert Park, Calif.: Sonoma State College Art Department Gallery, 1968.
Welded! Sculpture of the Twentieth Century, New York: Neuberger Museum of Art, 2000.
The Whitney Review, 1966–67. New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1968.
Works in Bronze: A Modern Survey. Rohnert Park, Calif.: University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, 1984.
Worth, Carl. Spaces. Walnut Creek, Calif.: Civic Art Gallery, 1979.
Wortz, Melinda. “Sensuous Constructivism in California Sculpture.” California Sculpture Show. Los Angeles: California/International Arts Foundation, 1984.
Articles and Reviews
“A quarta dimensaõ do movimento.” O Globo (Rio de Janeiro), Oct. 16, 1973.
Ahlgren, Calvin. “Setting up the Soap Box Derby Was a Loving Plot.” San Francisco Chronicle, May 21, 1978.
Albright, Thomas. “Stowing Sail and Beeping. 1968.” San Francisco Chronicle, Aug. 18, 1968.
———. “Three Masterful Artists.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 15, 1970.
———. “Benton at the Oakland Museum.” Artweek (San Francisco), Jan. 17, 1970.
———. “Fletcher Benton at the San Francisco Museum of Art.” Artweek (San Francisco),
Jan. 17, 1970.
———. “Benton’s Kinetic Sculpture.” San Francisco Chronicle, June 12, 1970.
———. “Fletcher Benton’s Subtle Sculptures.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 10, 1980.
———. “The Innocuous Flavor of Art School Art.” San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 8, 1982.
Aldrich, Larry. “New Talents USA.” Art in America 54 (July 1966): 22–23.
“An Artistic Look at West Coast Artists.” Ross Valley (Calif.) Reporter, Nov. 18, 1981.
“Art Alley.” Berkeley (Calif.) Gazette, Sept. 30, 1961.
“Art Cologne.” Weltkunst moderne – ein Sonderheft der Weltkunst (Munich, Germany), Oct. 15, 2001.
“Art in Corporate Use.” Artweek (San Francisco), Oct. 20, 1973.
Amy, Michaël. “Fletcher Benton at Neuhoff.” Art in America, no. 5 (May 2004): 163.
Auer, James. “He Likes to Metal in ‘A’ to ‘Z’.” Milwaukee (Wisc.) Journal, Dec. 2, 1979.
Ayala, Walmir. “Arte e Tecnologia.” O Jornal (Rio de Janeiro), Oct. 7, 1973.
Bachmann, Stephen R. “Fletcher Benton.”
New Orleans Art Review 8: 5 (May–June, 1990): 6–7.
Bailey, Eric. “Ranch Golfers Say Sculpture Out of Bounds.” Los Angeles Times, May 22, 1989.
Baldwin, Nick. “Sculpture for Muscatine.” Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Aug. 27, 1980.
“Benton begleitet seinen Stahlkoloss.” Kölnische Rundschau (Germany), Nov. 12, 1993.
“Benton–Plastik an neuem Standort.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Aug. 22, 1996.
“Benton sculpture installed.” Lincoln Journal-Star, Sept. 18, 1994.
“Benton Sculpture Presented to Museum.” Oxford (Ohio) Press, June 19, 1980.
Bentzrud, Inger. “Skulptur fra California.” Dagbladet (Norway) (Sept. 3, 1985): 21.
Benzig, Gerhard. “Kolorierte Stahlkörper modellieren den Raum.” Wiesbadener
Kurier (Germany), Nov. 30, 1992.
“Bewegungs Variation.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Dec. 5, 1992.
“Big Sculpture Coming to University of Iowa.” Des Moines Register, Aug. 23, 1981.
Bittencourt, Francisco. “Escultura Cinetica.” Tribuna da Imprensa (Rio de Janeiro), Oct. 26, 1973.
———. “Esposicoes no Rio de Salaõ do Farana.” Tribuna da Imprensa (Rio de Janeiro), Nov. 10, 1973.
Blair, Kim. “1,000 View American Sculpture Exhibit.” Los Angeles Times, Apr. 29, 1967.
Bloomfield, Arthur. “Brush Strokes Do Most of the Talking.” San Francisco News Call Bulletin, Jan. 11, 1960.
———. “The Figuring Is Good at the Legion.” San Francisco News Call Bulletin, Oct. 5, 1964.
———. “Art in Slow Motion.” San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 16, 1967.
———. “UC Museum Shows Enviable Acquisitions.” San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 6, 1968.
———. “Three Sculptors Play It Cool.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Jan. 31, 1969.
———. “The Square That Unfolds into Circles.” San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 27, 1977.
Borsick, Helen. “Art and Artists.” Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Nov. 3, 1968.
Bratten, Dawna. “Heart of Steel: Benton brings 40 works to Tasende.” La Jolla Village News, June 6, 2001.
Brehm, Kyle. “Geometric Sculpture Displayed.” Spartan Daily (San Jose State University, Calif.), May 8, 1980.
Brown, Carol. “Portrait of Two Artists.” KQED Focus (San Francisco), (Mar. 1975): 15.
Brumfield, John. “The Olympics California Sculpture Show.” Artweek (San Francisco),
July 28, 1984.
Bruner, Louise. “Shows at Flint, Dayton Are Worth the Trip.” Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Nov. 9, 1969.
Burke, Diane. “Fletcher Benton: Selected Works.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Mar. 13, 1975.
Burkhart, Dorothy. “Sticks and Stones.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Aug. 8, 1982.
———. “The Fletcher Benton Boom.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Aug. 29, 1982.
“Business Park Attracts Some Big-Time Clients.” Tri-Valley Herald (Livermore, Calif.), Sept. 24, 1983.
Butterfield, Jan. “An Interview with Fletcher Benton.” Art International 24, no. 26 (Oct.–Nov. 1980): 43.
Cebulski, Frank. “Sculpture as a Mirror for Life.” Artweek (San Francisco), Aug. 14, 1982.
Chappelow, Tracy. “Starving for Art’s Sake: Sculptor Fletcher Benton.” Miamian (Oxford, Ohio) 4: 2 (Jan. 1986): 14–18.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. “Los Angeles: Fletcher Benton.” Sculpture (Sept. 2001): 63–64.
“Children Learn All About Time.” Minneapolis Star, June 23, 1966.
Cortright, Barbara. “Fletcher Benton Sculpture.” Artweek (San Francisco), Apr. 27, 1974.
Craig, Pat. “Oakland Hosts ‘Joan of Art’.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 16, 1980.
Cross, Miriam D. “Pioneer of ‘The Movement’.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 27, 1966.
———. “U.S. Art Renaissance Is in Full Bloom.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Aug. 4, 1968.
———. “Kinetic Sculpture Enchants All Eyes, All Ages.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, June 21, 1970.
Curtis, Stephanie. “Conceptual Art Changes.”
San Jose (Calif.) State University News, Oct. 19, 1972.
D’Agostino, Bill. “Birth of a sculpture.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Aug. 3, 2005.
D’Agostino, Bill and Patricia Bass. “Everyone’s a Critic.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Aug. 3, 2005.
Daugherty, Charles. “How Do You Know What You Like?” Famous Artist Magazine 17, no. 1 (autumn 1968): 17–20, 38.
Del Parker, Marjorie. “Benton’s Small-Scale Sculpture.” West Art (Auburn, Calif.), 23: 8 (Jan. 11, 1985).
Bloomfield, Arthur. “Brush Strokes Do Most of the Talking.” San Francisco News Call Bulletin, Jan. 11, 1960.
———. “The Figuring Is Good at the Legion.” San Francisco News Call Bulletin, Oct. 5, 1964.
———. “Art in Slow Motion.” San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 16, 1967.
———. “UC Museum Shows Enviable Acquisitions.” San Francisco Examiner, Aug. 6, 1968.
———. “Three Sculptors Play It Cool.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Jan. 31, 1969.
———. “The Square That Unfolds into Circles.” San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 27, 1977.
Borsick, Helen. “Art and Artists.” Plain Dealer (Cleveland), Nov. 3, 1968.
Bratten, Dawna. “Heart of Steel: Benton brings 40 works to Tasende.” La Jolla Village News, June 6, 2001.
Brehm, Kyle. “Geometric Sculpture Displayed.” Spartan Daily (San Jose State University, Calif.), May 8, 1980.
Brown, Carol. “Portrait of Two Artists.” KQED Focus (San Francisco), (Mar. 1975): 15.
Brumfield, John. “The Olympics California Sculpture Show.” Artweek (San Francisco),
July 28, 1984.
Bruner, Louise. “Shows at Flint, Dayton Are Worth the Trip.” Blade (Toledo, Ohio), Nov. 9, 1969.
Burke, Diane. “Fletcher Benton: Selected Works.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Mar. 13, 1975.
Burkhart, Dorothy. “Sticks and Stones.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Aug. 8, 1982.
———. “The Fletcher Benton Boom.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Aug. 29, 1982.
“Business Park Attracts Some Big-Time Clients.” Tri-Valley Herald (Livermore, Calif.), Sept. 24, 1983.
Butterfield, Jan. “An Interview with Fletcher Benton.” Art International 24, no. 26 (Oct.–Nov. 1980): 43.
Cebulski, Frank. “Sculpture as a Mirror for Life.” Artweek (San Francisco), Aug. 14, 1982.
Chappelow, Tracy. “Starving for Art’s Sake: Sculptor Fletcher Benton.” Miamian (Oxford, Ohio) 4: 2 (Jan. 1986): 14–18.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. “Los Angeles: Fletcher Benton.” Sculpture (Sept. 2001): 63–64.
“Children Learn All About Time.” Minneapolis Star, June 23, 1966.
Cortright, Barbara. “Fletcher Benton Sculpture.” Artweek (San Francisco), Apr. 27, 1974.
Craig, Pat. “Oakland Hosts ‘Joan of Art’.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 16, 1980.
Cross, Miriam D. “Pioneer of ‘The Movement’.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 27, 1966.
———. “U.S. Art Renaissance Is in Full Bloom.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Aug. 4, 1968.
———. “Kinetic Sculpture Enchants All Eyes, All Ages.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, June 21, 1970.
Curtis, Stephanie. “Conceptual Art Changes.”
San Jose (Calif.) State University News, Oct. 19, 1972.
D’Agostino, Bill. “Birth of a sculpture.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Aug. 3, 2005.
D’Agostino, Bill and Patricia Bass. “Everyone’s a Critic.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Aug. 3, 2005.
Daugherty, Charles. “How Do You Know What You Like?” Famous Artist Magazine 17, no. 1 (autumn 1968): 17–20, 38.
Del Parker, Marjorie. “Benton’s Small-Scale Sculpture.” West Art (Auburn, Calif.), 23: 8 (Jan. 11, 1985).
Dickson, Joanne. “San Jose Museum Showcases Art Work of Faculty Members.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, Jan. 27, 1978.
Dittmar, Peter. “Am liebsten mit Rost.” Die Welt (Krefeld, West Germany), Sept. 17, 1987.
“Drei Künstler stellen aus.” Offenbach-Post (Frankfurt, West Germany ed.), June 23, 1981.
Drohojowska, Hunter. “California Sculpture for the World to See.” Los Angeles Herald Tribune, June 8, 1984.
“Ein fallendes D.” Offenbach-Post (Frankfurt, West Germany ed.), June 21, 1981.
Emanuel, Jerry. “San Francisco.” Artscan (San Francisco), Mar. 1967.
Emerson, Paul. “Exhibit Features Art in Form, Color.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, June 25, 1971.
———. “Kinetic Sculpture Display Merges Several Elements.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times,
Oct. 1, 1971.
“Erstarrte Bilder und Skulpturen mit Bewegung.” Wiesbadener Tagblatt (Germany), Apr. 18, 1997.
“Exhibition of Kinetic Art by Fletcher Benton Opens Sunday at Estudio Actual.” Daily Journal (Caracas), Sept. 6, 1970.
“Exposición de Fletcher Benton.” Imagen, (Caracas), Sept. 15, 1970.
“Exposiciones y Expactaculos Para Hoy.”
La Verdad (Caracas), Sept. 6, 1970.
Fagan, Beth. “Sculptor Says Public Art Important.” Oregonian (Portland), Feb. 28, 1980.
Field, Michael. “From California to West Bretton.” Star (West Bretton, England), May 27, 1985.
Filho, Paulo Serrado. “Fletcher Benton Luz e Movimento em Formas Geometricas.” Jornal de Brasil, Oct. 10, 1973.
“Fletcher Benton.” El Universal (Caracas), July 9, 1970.
“Fletcher Benton.” Daily Journal (Caracas),
Sept. 13, 1970.
“Fletcher Benton Art Exhibit at UC Davis.” Appeal Democrat (Davis, Calif.), Nov. 23, 1973.
“Fletcher Benton at Neuhoff Gallery.” New York Gallery Guide, Nov. 2003.
“Fletcher Benton Bild am Barbarossaplatz.” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (Germany), Nov. 12, 1993.
“Fletcher Benton: Ein Amerikaner in Wiesbaden.” Wiesbaden International (West Germany), June 1987.
“Fletcher Benton for the First Time in Germany.” Stadt und Kreis (Frankfurt, West Germany), June 15, 1981.
“Fletcher Benton: Sculpture at UC Davis Fourth Floor Gallery.” Artweek (San Francisco), Dec. 8, 1973.
Flick, Verena. “Fletcher Benton.” Art International 10: 10 (Dec. 20, 1966): 53.
———. “Rationalitat und Geheimnis: Ausstellung.” Wiesbadener Kurier (West Germany), June 3, 1987.
———. “Aquarelle aus Stahl im Raum: Plastiken von Fletcher Benton in der Kunsthandlung Haasner.” Wiesbadener Tagblatt (West Germany), June 4, 1987.
———. “Interesting Imports from the California Art Scene.” Der Kunsthandel (Germany), Feb. 1997.
Fowler, Carol. “Sculpture Goes Public.” Contra Costa (Calif.) Times, Aug. 20, 1982.
Frankenstein, Alfred. “Kinetic Forces.” San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Jan. 12, 1965.
———. “Art’s Most Moving Moments.” San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Mar. 27, 1966.
———. “The 85th: A Gamble against Time.” San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Oct. 30, 1966.
———. “A Little Corner of Kinetic Sculpture.” San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Aug. 11, 1968.
———. “Impressive Sculpture Show.” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 25, 1970.
———. “Some Technical Marvels.” San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 30, 1971.
French, Palmer. “Exhibition in San Francisco.” Artforum 8 (Mar. 1970): 86–88.
Fried, Alexander. “Sculpture in Motion.” San Francisco Examiner-Chronicle, Mar. 20, 1966.
Gant, Michael S. “Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio and in Motion.” Metroactive, October 23, 2013.
Glaze, Rick. “Thirty Years of Recent Sculpture Represented in Syntex Exhibition.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Dec. 6, 1979.
Golonu, Berin. “Fletcher Benton’s Art of Geometry.” Artweek (San Francisco), July/August 2000: Vol. 31, 7–8.
Goodwin, Betty and Bill Higgins. “When Fine Food and Fine Art Intersect.” Los Angeles Times, Sept. 30, 1996.
Grauvogl, Ann. “Sculptor Won’t Let Circle Stay Unbroken.” Quad City Times (Muscatine, Iowa), Sept. 13, 1980.
Green, Roger. “Artfully Entertaining.” New Orleans Times-Picayune, Apr. 18, 1990.
“Grossplastik als Verbeugung vor Schrift–Stadt Offenbach.” Offenbach-Post (Germany),
Aug. 22, 1996.
Guevara, Roberto. “Dinasmo Cromatico en Fletcher Benton.” El Nacional (Caracas), Sept. 8, 1970.
———. “Arte en los Espacios del Hombre.” El Nacional (Caracas), Feb. 21, 1971.
Hagberg, Marilyn. “Benton’s Moving Paintings.” Artweek (San Francisco), Apr. 29, 1972.
———. “The City Is for People.” Artweek (San Francisco), Sept. 1, 1973.
Hakanson, Joy. “Very Moving Pictures.” Sunday News (Detroit), Mar. 29, 1970.
Hale, David. “Fletcher Benton’s ‘Moving Paintings’.” Fresno (Calif.) Bee, Mar. 27, 1977.
———. “New Exhibits at Fresno Art Center Include Benton’s Painting, Sculpture.” Fresno (Calif.) Bee, Nov. 18, 1984.
Heinrichs, Kirk. “Art Prof’s Work Style: Sculpting on a Grand Scale.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Nov. 30, 1977.
Hildebrand, Martin. “Spiele eines Malers mit Stahl.” Wiesbadener Tagblatt (West Germany), Nov. 15, 1988.
———. “Mehr als nur die Mindestform.” Wiesbadener Tagblatt (Germany), Dec. 4, 1992.
———. “Der Amerikanische Bildhauer.” Wiesbadener Leben (Germany), Jan. 1993.
Huther, Christian. “Art Frankfurt.” Weltkunst (Germany), Apr. 15, 1997.
Ianco-Starrels, Josine. “Art News.” Los Angeles Times, May 21, 1978.
Imm, Val. “Art and the Lively.” Dallas Times-Herald, Oct. 17, 1968.
“In der Nacht kam der Stahlriese an.” Kölnische Rundschau (Germany), Nov. 10, 1993.
Jacobs, Jay. “The Neuberger Museum.” Art Gallery, May 1974.
Jaszi, Jean. “Fletcher Benton Kinetic Sculpture.” Artweek (San Francisco), June 13, 1970.
Jensen, Dean. “Fletcher Benton.” Milwaukee Sentinel, Nov. 23, 1979.
“Joan Mondale Has Busy Day in Bay Area.” San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 17, 1980.
Johnson, T. “Abstract Sculpture Installed at Hospital.” Daily Iowan (Iowa City), Aug. 27, 1981.
Kramer, Hilton. “Sculpture: A Stunning Display of Radical Changes.” New York Times, Apr. 27, 1967.
Krautter, Martin. “Weit schweifender Blick auf aktuelle Kunstwetterlage.” Offenbach-Post (Germany), Apr. 1997.
Krisch, Nora Louise. “Invitation to a Kinetic Hanging.” Houston Post, Oct. 20, 1968.
Langsner, Jules. “Benton Hypnosis; Vasa.” ARTnews (summer 1967): 62.
Ledbetter, Les. “Coast Artists Draw Crowd in Soapboxes.” New York Times, May 22, 1978.
Leisegang, Joachim. “Tatort San Francisco.” Die Waage (West Germany) 18:3 (1979/80): 114.
Leopold, Michael. “Los Angeles.” Art International (Jan. 1974).
Levine, Melinda. “Where Sculpture Hangs Out.” Berkeley (Calif.) Gazette, Aug. 13, 1982.
Lewinson, David. “More to See.” Muscatine (Iowa) Journal, Dec. 4, 1980.
———. “Benton’s Art Holds Strength.” San Diego Union, Feb. 26, 1984.
Lien, Tor Martin. “En happening om beat-kunst.” Agderposten (Norwey), Feb. 15, 2001.
Lorenzelli, Tiziana. “Fletcher Benton’s Note-Free Harmony.” Habitat Ufficio 45 (Italy), 47 (Dec. 1991): 20.
Martin, Fred. “Art in the San Francisco Bay Area, Early Winter 1965.” Art International 10: 2 (Feb. 1966): 76–83.
Maves, C. E. “Polished World of Fletcher Benton.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, Mar. 1975.
McCann, Cecile N. “Fletcher Benton Color Flow.” Artweek (San Francisco), Oct. 23, 1971.
McDonald, Robert. “Artist Lives in His Sculpture.” Habitat (Cleveland) (Dec. 13, 1985): 6.
Melten, Brigitta. “Papiermöbel und Steinbücher.” Allgemeine Zeitung Mainz und Wiesbadener Tagblatt, Nov. 1, 2001.
Metcalf, Katherine. “Kinetic Sculpture: An Exhibition Assembled by Peter Selz.” Arts and Architecture 83 (June 1966): 30.
Mitchell, John L. “In Beverly Hills Building Is Art.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 1, 1985.
Monte, James. “Fletcher Benton: Studio Exhibition.” Artforum 2: 11 (Apr. 1964): 45.
Morch, Al. “Bronzing the Alphabet.” San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 24, 1980.
“The Movement Movement.” Time 87: 4
(Jan. 28, 1966): 64.
Muchnic, Suzanne. “Fletcher Benton Retrospective.” Artweek (San Francisco), Apr. 2, 1977.
Neubert, George. “Taking It to the Limits.” Oakland (Calif.) Museum Newsletter 8: 2 (Mar.–Apr. 1980).
Newhall, Edith. “Bauhaus Echoes.” ARTnews
(Feb. 1988): 14.
“Oakland Sculpture Hubbub.” San Francisco Chronicle, Sept. 1, 1974.
“Offenbacher Denkmal für den Buchstaben D.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Oct. 31, 1996.
Olvera, Jennifer. “Art for art's sake Public sculpture blooming in the 'burbs.” Daily Herald (Chicago) May 24, 2002.
“Picasso-Originale und Benton-Skulpturen im Krankenhaus.” Westfälische Nachrichten (Germany), Nov. 17, 1990.
Porges, Maria. “New Orleans, Louisiana.” Sculpture (May–June 1994): 71.
“Provocative Sculptures at Stanford.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, June 23, 1972.
Reeves, Jean. “Two ‘Organic’ Sculptors Put Beauty in Motion.” Buffalo (N.Y.) Evening News, Jan. 20, 1970.
Regalia, Ron. “Art Provides ‘Free Way of Life,’ Prof. Says.” Spartan Daily (San Jose State University, Calif.), Apr. 30, 1980.
“Renowned Artist Commissioned for Orbanco Building.” Orbanco Newsletter (Portland, Ore.), Jan. 1980.
Rickey, George. “Kinesis Continued.” Art in America 53 (Dec. 1965–Jan. 1966): 45–55.
Rico, Diana. “California Sculpture Show: Really Tubular.” Los Angeles Daily News, June 2, 1984.
Robbeloth, DeWitt. “San Francisco.” ArtScene, Feb. 1970.
Roder, Sylvie. “A Sampling of Sculpture.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Weekly, Mar. 2, 1988.
Rogers, Marcia. “Art Is Subjective.” Muscatine (Iowa) Journal, Oct. 8, 1980.
———. “Benton’s Bent.” Quad-City Times (Muscatine, Iowa), Nov. 23, 1980.
———. “Benton Art Shown in Muscatine.” Des Moines (Iowa) Register, Dec. 5, 1980.
Saeks, Diane. “Home for Sculpture.” Nob Hill Gazette (San Francisco), Mar. 1986: 24.
Sampaio, Ruy. “A Laranja Antimecanica de Fletcher Benton.” O Jornal (Rio de Janeiro), Oct. 14, 1973.
“Scenes from S/12.” Sculptors International 1: 4 (fall 1982).
Schumann, Manfred E. “Geschnitten, geschweist, gebogen.” Frankfurter Rundschau (Frankfurt, West Germany), July 18, 1981.
“Sculpture—It’s Everywhere.” Montclarion (Oakland, Calif.), Aug. 4, 1982.
“Sculpture of the Sixties.” San Francisco Art Institute News, May 1967.
Seldis, Henry J. “U.S. Sculpture Exhibit Looks beyond the ’60s.” Los Angeles Times, May 7, 1967.
Selz, Peter. “Geometric Sculpture in Equilibrium: Fletcher Benton.” Sculpture, June 2004: Vol.23, No.5.
“Seregrafias de Vasarely.” El Nacional (Caracas), Sept. 6, 1970.
Seymour, Ann. “Art for Art’s Sake, Sculpture of Fletcher Benton: Color in Motion.” Centervoice (San Francisco), Oct. 1981.
———. “Constructivist Sculptures and Paintings.” Artweek (San Francisco), Sept. 29, 1984.
———. “Fletcher Benton’s Creative Space.” Centervoice (San Francisco), Mar. 1985.
“Shades, Forms, Daring Colors.” Offenbach Post (West Germany), June 1981.
Shere, Charles. “Two Exhibits Show Constructivists.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 18, 1980.
———. “Fletcher Benton’s Poised Sculpture.” Oakland (Calif.) Tribune, Mar. 30, 1980.
Sheridan, Jan. “Balanced Tension Gives Sense of Motion to Fixed Structure.” Arizona Republic (Phoenix), Aug. 18, 1985.
Sherman, Lola. “Golfers See Red over Sculpture in Rancho Santa Fe.” San Diego Tribune, May 8, 1989.
Silva, Tricia Lynn. "Renowned artist's sculpture to be featured at new UTSA school in downtown San Antonio." UTSA Today, August 29, 2022
Smith, Starla. “University of Iowa Gets ‘Folded Square D’.” Iowa City Press Citizen, Aug. 26, 1981.
Stiles, Knute. “Fletcher Benton at John Berggruen.” Art in America 68: 6 (June 1980): 163.
Sullivan, Meg. “Malibu Sets up Waves of Art.” Los Angeles Daily News, June 28, 1993.
Tall, William. “Exploring the Mystery of Kinetic Art.” Detroit Free Press, Apr. 5, 1970.
Tanner, William. “LPC seeks art installations through Nike Committee.” Las Positas College Express, September 20, 2013.
Temko, Allan. “Benton’s Unexpected Spatial Treasures.” San Francisco Examiner, Mar. 30, 1980.
———. “Sculptural Fun and Games.” San Francisco Chronicle, Mar. 20, 1981.
“10 Meters by 10 Meters Alphabet Sculpture.” Frankfurter Rundschau (West Germany),
June 15, 1981.
Thorson, Alice. “Fletcher Benton.” New Art Examiner, Dec. 1979.
Tomidy, Paul. “Fletcher Benton: New Sculpture.” ART 8: 2 (Mar.–Apr. 1980): 8–9.
“Un Cinetico en la Estudio Actual.” El Nacional (Caracas), Sept. 7, 1970.
“Vanishing Circus Nudes.” San Francisco Chronicle, Apr. 17, 1974.
Van Tongeren, Herk. “Fletcher Benton at the Oakland Museum.” Sculptor’s News Exchange, Apr. 1980.
Waddington, Chris. “Graceful Forms from an Unwieldy Substance.” New Orleans Times-Picayune, Dec. 10, 1993.
———. “San Francisco Artist Twists, Bends, Impresses.” Lagniappe (New Orleans),
Sept. 19, 1997.
Wallace, Dean. “Polychrome Sculpture Says ‘Please Touch’.” San Francisco Chronicle,
Aug. 24, 1964.
———. “Art: Hard-Edge and Electronic.” San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 23, 1964.
Walls, Jim. “Experimental Artist Explores New Domain.” San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 20, 1960.
Walsh, Tom. “Gift to University of Iowa Isn’t Cost Free.” Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette, Aug. 22, 1981.
Weaver, Gay M. “Sculpture ’72.” Artweek (San Francisco), July 29, 1972.
———. “Sculpture Show One of the Finest Ever Held at Palo Alto Center.” Palo Alto (Calif.) Times, Jan. 19, 1973.
Weimers, Leigh. “A Rather Involved Slice of Real Life.” San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News, Sept. 26, 1980.
Wilson, Pete. “Benton Sculpture in Main Lobby of Columbus Bank.” Jackson (Ohio) Journal, Dec. 6, 1976.
Wilson, William. “Air of Pageantry in Banner Art.” Los Angeles Times, July 26, 1965.
———. “Benton’s Sculpture Shines.” Los Angeles Times, May 6, 1966.
———. “Sculpture: California Dreaming.” Los Angeles Times, Aug. 29, 1982.
———. “A Potpourri of California Sculpture.” Los Angeles Times, June 17, 1984.
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Films and Videos
Dore Street Studio–Fletcher Benton. Color video. Producer: Dave Hatch, 1984.
Dr. Wennesland. An Icon amoung the Beats. Color video. A film by Gerd Hennum and
Svein Tallaksen. Producer: Roald Jørgensen. Media service As and NRK Kultur, Norway, 2001.
Fletcher Benton. Color video. Chico: Library, California State College, Chico; San Jose, Calif.: California State University, 1973.
Fletcher Benton. Color video. Producer: Michael J. Parsons. Director: Morgan Cavett. Baguio City, Philippines: Duntog Foundation, Inc., 1997.
Fletcher Benton: Dedication of Brussels Sculpture. Color video. Brussels: Morgan Guaranty Trust, 1993.
Fletcher Benton: Homage to WWII Fighter and Bomber Aircraft. Producer/Director: Morgan Cavett, 1997.
Fletcher Benton: Selected Works, 1964–1974. Color video. Narrated by Gerald Nordland.
de Saisset Museum, University of Santa Clara, Calif., 1975.
Fletcher Benton’s Studio. Library, California State University, San Jose, 1969.
Fletcher Benton: The Artist’s Studio. Color Video. Producer: Daedelus Howell for The Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, 2010.
Fletcher Benton: The Kinetic Years. Color Video. Producer: Raymond Daigle, 2011.
It’s a Good Time to Be West. California/International Arts Foundation. Producer/Director: Robin Lough, British Broadcasting Corporation. Executive Producer: Lyn Kienholz, 1984.
The Shape of Change. San Jose: Library, California State University, San Jose, 1973.
Two Artists—Fletcher Benton and Marva Cremer. Color video telecast, March 2, 1975, KQED, San Francisco.