Ives, Percy L. (Percival L.), 1864-1928 Search this
Extent:
1.4 Linear feet (Boxes 1-4)
Type:
Archival materials
Date:
circa 1890-1994
Scope and Contents:
The series includes one letter to "The Oil and Colour Man" from "The Dweller in the Cave of Winds"; and one IOU from A. W. "Gus" Ives to Percy Ives.
Notes include seven index cards with notes on "nibbles" and sales of paintings; and notes about Ives made in 1936 by James Parker's father. News clippings include four 1940 issues of a newspaper column, "We Old Timers," about Ives and his family.
Artwork consists of fifty-eight pencil sketches which have been mounted on the pages of a photograph album.
Thirty-seven photographs, most of them mounted on paper, include two which appear to be of Ives in his studio. The other photographs are of the interior and exterior of a house, an unidentified woman, farm scenes, and other outdoor scenes. There are also two photographs of paintings by Ives, including a self portrait.
Two hundred and fifty-eight glass plate negatives, primarily of unidentified sitters and models, comprise the bulk of the collection.
Collection Restrictions:
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Collection Rights:
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Collection Citation:
Percy Ives papers, circa 1890-1994, bulk circa 1890-circa 1930. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Sponsor:
Glass plate negatives in this collection were digitized in 2019 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
