Jump to Content

Collection Guide
Collection Title:
Collection Number:
Get Items:
Photographic materials relating to sculptor Felix Peano [graphic]
BANC PIC 1974.050--PICLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

Photographic materials relating to sculptor Felix Peano

Abstract:

Materials show pictures of Peano's work -- jewelry, buildings, fountains, architectural details, etc. One portrait of Peano is also included. Also includes images identified as "ornamentation research".

Date:

ca. 1880-ca. 1966, bulk 1960-1966 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-ca
Peano, Felix -- Pictorial works
Architectural metal-work -- California -- Photographs
Decoration and ornament, Architectural -- California -- Photographs

Note:

Title supplied by cataloger.
Photographers unknown. Collected by Ella Cole.
UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Peano, sculptor and friend of Jack London, was for a time a teacher at Lick-Wilmerding in San Francisco, Calif. He worked in architectural ornamentation and sculpting, having developed a method for lost-wax casting that allowed extreme detail as seen in his Doors of Life.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

graphic
picture
1 carton (ca. 600 photographic prints, slides, etc.) : some color ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form
BANC PIC 1974.050--PICLOCAL

Origin:

California

Copyright Note:

UNARRANGED COLLECTION. UNAVAILABLE FOR USE. Inquiries regarding these materials should be submitted to The Bancroft Library via the Notice of Interest in Unprocessed Collections form.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.

Related Item:

Research material concerning Felix Peano : Cole, Ella.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library/unprocessed-collections-form