Film

Final Marks: The Art of the Carved Letter

1979 · 49m · Documentary

A documentary about lettercutting, in both monumental inscriptions and on gravestones. The filmmakers were given complete access over a two year period to the work of the craftsmen of the John Stevens Shop in Newport, Rhode Island, the oldest business in the United States still in continuous operation in the same colonial building. It chronicles the work of John ‘Fud’ Benson, then the owner and principal designer, and, arguably, one of the most accomplished letter cutters in the world, as he and his colleagues lay out and then execute the inscriptions on the then unfinished East Building of the National Gallery in Washington, D.C., designed by I.M. Pei.

• Peter O'NeillDirector
• Frank Muhly, Jr.Director

Release date

January 1, 1979

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

49m

Genres

Documentary