Auckland artist and author of Ivan Cuba's festival of arts (New York, Temple of Arts, 1990). Born Britain, educated University of Auckland. Served with New Zealand expeditionary forces, World War 2, in Crete and Africa. Died Auckland 9 February 2007. Formerly Harry James Bacon.
Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Cuba, Ivan 1920- : The Science of painting
Date: [ca 1950]
By: Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: MS-0661
Description: Drafts of illustrations and printed letterheads Quantity: 1 volume(s) (2 leaves). Physical Description: Mss and printed matter (17 cm; blue boards) Provenance: Author's draft deposited in the Copyright Office
Miscellaneous material on artists - Ivan Cuba
Date: [ca 1960s-1970s]
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918- 2016: Records of Elva Bett Gallery and papers relating to her publications
Reference: 89-026-060
Description: Exhibition catalogues, invitations and related material Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Cuba, Ivan 1920- : The creation of genius
Date: [ca 1956]
By: Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: MS-0660
Description: Includes brief biographical notes on Cuba and some poems Quantity: 1 volume(s) (ca 250 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; black morocco) Provenance: Author's typescript deposited in the Copyright Office
Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007 :[Sketchbooks]
Date: 1939-1971
By: Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: E-283-f-1/3
Description: Sketchbook 1: 24 watercolours of Egypt, Suez, Coromandel, Wellington, Waiheke, 1939 to 1954 and 1971. Sketchbook 2: 13 colour charts. Sketchbook 3: Drawings made during a tour of the United Kingdom, 1955 to 1957. Quantity: 3 sketchbook(s). Physical Description: Watercolours, drawings and colour charts sizes vary
Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society (Inc) :Members' autumn exhibition, 1950. Telegra...
Date: 1950
By: Hawke's Bay and East Coast Art Society; Daily telegraph (Napier, N.Z.)
Reference: ArtEph-1950-H-01
Description: Catalogue of 129 artworks, and unnumbered Swedish handrcafts by Axel de Flon. Artists included: Louise Henderson, Eric N Gully, V Denniston, G W Willock, E Crompton, Beth Sweetapple, Nancy Pallot, Christine L Watkins, Kate Penlington, D J Ramage, H O McFarlane, G Nelson, Joan Dunn, W A G Penlington, A Christie, W G Kite, G E Lewens, A L Avery, Harril Barden, R L Tingey, Marian E Tylee, John Oakley, A B Barns Graham, Mavis Rood, H J Bacon, Edith Smith, Lynn Gurney, and others. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 223 x 147 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath, Auckland, in 2011.
[Ephemera, book covers and posters relating to books published 1982-1984]
Date: 1982 - 1984
Reference: Eph-C-BOOK-1982/1984
Description: Includes: 1982? The wonderful world of children's books (2 copies) 1982: "The art of David Barker"; an invitation to subscribe to a limited edition book to be published by David Bateman. In a limited edition of 475 copies with each new reproduction personally signed by the artist and each book hand numbered [1982] "Encyclopedia of gardening in the Southern Hemisphere" Weekly parts that build into a practical guide ... Only $1.99 a part. Special offer Vol 2 free with Vol. 1 (1 poster and one banner) "Eugene von Guerard, a German romantic in the Antipodes". Pamphlet / order form "56 days; a history of the anti-tour movement in Wellington". Proceeds to the COST legal fund. $5. Available now 1983: "But what did we get for Grandpa?", story by David Ling; pictures by Dick Frizzell. Heinemann [1983] (Book cover) "Fanny Osborne's flower paintings", a beautiful New Zealand book. $29.95 published by Heinemann [1983] (2 copies) "Images of early New Zealand", compiled by Hamish Keith. A "fine" book to be published in August 1983 by David Bateman Ltd "Ragwort", by Robin Stables [1983] 1984: "Battlefield" by Ivan Cuba. Copyright Editions South Pacific [1984] (Book cover) "The bedside Grant", by A K Grant. Allen & Unwin PNP [1984] (Book cover) "A canoe in the mist", by Elsie Locke. [Published by] Jonathan Cape [1984] (Book cover) "The eagle flys free", by James G Allan. A book which recalls the victory and valor of the crucial Battle of the Coral Sea and the role of the United States of America in the Pacific today. "The wines and vineyards of New Zealand", by Michael Cooper. The first complete guide to New Zealand wines. photography by Robin Morrison. Hodder & Stoughton [1984] (2 copies) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on posters, size varying up to 450 mm. Provenance: Donated and purchased from various sources.
Pocock, Joan, 1888-1938 :Then the pied windflowers and the tuplip tall and narcissi, th...
Date: 1918
By: Chapman-Taylor, Dorothy Joan, 1888-1938; Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: A-150-011
Description: Tulips and narcissi growing a a stream. The narcissi have fairy-like faces in their centres Inscriptions: Recto - above and below image: lines of poetry. Signed and dated lower right Joan Pocock 1918 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 168 x 205 mm (sight)
Cuba, Ivan 1920- : Captain Darling's orders
Date: [ca 1954]
By: Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: MS-0659
Description: Author's typescript of unpublished novel Quantity: 1 volume(s) (202 pages). Physical Description: Typescript (26 cm; black morocco)
Pocock, Joan, 1888-1938 :And the naiad-like lily of the vale ... Illustrations to 'The ...
Date: 1918
By: Chapman-Taylor, Dorothy Joan, 1888-1938; Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: A-150-012
Description: Lily-of-the-valley personified as fairy-like creatures Inscriptions: Recto - above and below image: lines of poetry. Signed and dated lower right Joan Pocock 1918 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 168 x 205 mm (sight) Provenance: Donation: Ivan Cuba, Auckland 15 July 1971
Artists' files - Correspondence
Date: 1966-1977
From: Bett, Elva Lilian, 1918-2016 : Records of the Bett Duncan Gallery
Reference: 78-115-5/02
Description: Names of identified subjects entered in Name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Bone, Charles Spencer, d 1938 : Notes on Old Testament names
Date: nd
By: Bone, Charles Spencer, 1873?-1938
Reference: MS-Papers-0610
Description: Notes on Old Testament names by Bone with covering letter by Professor Ivan Cuba Source of title - Supplied Quantity: 1 folder(s) (20 pages). 0.01 Linear Metres.
Pocock, Joan, 1888-1938 :The snowdrop and then the violet rose ... Illustrations to 'Th...
Date: 1918
By: Chapman-Taylor, Dorothy Joan, 1888-1938; Cuba, Ivan, 1920-2007
Reference: A-150-010
Description: Snowdrops and violets personified as fairy-like creatures in a field Inscriptions: Recto - above and below image: lines of poetry. Signed and dated lower right Joan Pocock 1918 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 164 x 200 mm (sight)