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Wed, Nov 16, 2022 11:00AM EST
Lot 224

Currier & Ives "Brush for the Lead" Print

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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Thomas B. Worth (American 1834-1917) for Currier and Ives, United States. Lithograph titled "A Brush for the Lead: New York "Flyers" on the Snow" depicting horse-drawn sleighs racing around a bend on a country road, 1867.

Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 1: A-N (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 0792, page 82.

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: 21 3/4 in x width: 30 1/4 in. Framed; height: 30 3/4 in x width: 39 in.

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