Bust of a Baby
- Date
- 1901
- Material
- Bronze
- made in
- New York, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Metalwork, sculpture
- Collection
- American Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 9 1/2 x 9 x 7 in. (24.1 x 22.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Peggy Ives Cole
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 1830:1981
Provenance
1904 - 1981
Halsey C. Ives (1874-1911), St. Louis, MO; Peggy Ives Cole, Springfield, MO and Essex, NY, by inheritance [1]
1981 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Peggy Ives Cole [2]
Notes:
[1] This sculpture was in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and presented by the Fair Committee as a gift to Halsey C. Ives, according to a testimonial statement on World's Fair St. Louis letterhead dated December 5, 1904, found crumpled in the base of the sculpture upon the museum's acquisition of the work [SLAM document files]. The sculpture remained in the Ives family until it was presented as a gift by Peggy Ives Cole in 1981. It had been on long term loan to the Museum from Peggy Ives Cole since 1973 [loan forms; letter dated July 23, 1980 from Mrs. Cole notifying the Museum of her gift, SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 18, 1981.
Halsey C. Ives (1874-1911), St. Louis, MO; Peggy Ives Cole, Springfield, MO and Essex, NY, by inheritance [1]
1981 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Peggy Ives Cole [2]
Notes:
[1] This sculpture was in the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, and presented by the Fair Committee as a gift to Halsey C. Ives, according to a testimonial statement on World's Fair St. Louis letterhead dated December 5, 1904, found crumpled in the base of the sculpture upon the museum's acquisition of the work [SLAM document files]. The sculpture remained in the Ives family until it was presented as a gift by Peggy Ives Cole in 1981. It had been on long term loan to the Museum from Peggy Ives Cole since 1973 [loan forms; letter dated July 23, 1980 from Mrs. Cole notifying the Museum of her gift, SLAM document files].
[2] Minutes of the Acquisitions and Loans Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, September 18, 1981.
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