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Lot 229

4 Currier & Ives Prints

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Currier and Ives, United States. Group of four lithographs including:

"Love is the Lightest," depicting an allegorical figure of a woman and a cupid.
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 4116, page 423.

"My Three White Kitties: Learning Their A.B.C.," depicting three white kittens playing with ABC blocks.
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 4732, page 475.

"Stocks Up," depicting a smiling man holding a stock report, 1849.
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 2: O-Z (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 6267, page 640.

"Stocks Down," depicting a distraught man holding a stock report, 1849.
Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 2: O-Z (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 6266, page 640.

Provenance: Distinguished Corporate Collection, Ohio.

Currier and Ives was founded by Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) in 1835 as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," but changed its name with the addition of James Merritt Ives (American, 1824-1895) in 1857. The company created over 7000 popular lithographs depicting American life until 1907.

Sight; height ranges from 9 in to 17 in; width ranges from 12 3/4 in to 15 3/4 in. Framed; height ranges from 14 1/2 in to 21 in; width ranges from 16 1/2 in to 19 1/2 in.

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