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Currier and Ives is more than 175 years old. The prominent American printmaking business, headquartered in New York, operated from 1835 to 1907. Nathaniel Currier started his business on his own but later merged with James Merritt Ives, becoming "Currier and Ives" in 1857. They produced and sold hand-colored lithographs, which could be produced relatively quickly and cheaply. Explore a collection of Currier and Ives prints on 1stDibs.
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"Newport Beach" Currier & Ives, Hand-Colored Lithograph of Newport Beach
By Currier & Ives
Located in New York, NY
Currier & Ives
Newport Beach
Hand-colored lithograph
Sheet 10 x 13 1/4 inches
After undertaking apprenticeships in Boston and Philadelphia, Currier set up a print publishing compan...
Category
Late 19th Century Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
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Good Times on the Old Plantation
By Currier & Ives
Located in Missouri, MO
Currier & Ives (Publishers)
"Good times on the Old Plantation" 1872
Handcolored Lithograph
Size Height 10 in.; Width 13.9 in.
Framed Size: approx 16 x 19.5
Category
1870s Victorian Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS TRAINS and THE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN
By Currier & Ives
Located in Portland, ME
Currier and Ives. THE LIGHTNING EXPRESS TRAINS and THE AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN.Peters 2088 and 2103. Color lithographs, 1863 and 1864. 17 1/8 x 2...
Category
1930s Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Last War-Whoop!
By Currier & Ives
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"The Last War-Whoop!" is a lithograph by Currier & Ives. The framed size is 26 x 32.62 x 1.25 inches.
Provenance:
Private Collection
Category
Late 19th Century American Realist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
19th century color lithograph horses chariot figures dynamic landscape
By Currier & Ives
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Fast Trotting in the West (Milwaukee Race)" is an original hand-colored lithograph published by Currier & Ives. It depicts two horses pulling racing carts. The text below the picture reads "Fast Trotting in the West...Lucy and Goldsmith Maid...trotting their closely contested race over the cold spring course Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 6th 1871...Where Goldsmith Maid won the 2nd heat in 2:17!! The fastest Mile heat in harness on record. Purse $4000 $2500 to 1st $1500 to 2nd horse____ 8 in. in harness. TIME 2:20 1/2 2:17 2:20"
16 3/4" x 26" image
22" x 27 3/4" paper
35 3/4" x 41 7/8" frame
Currier & Ives produced their prints in a building at 33 Spruce Street where they occupied the third, fourth and fifth floors. The third floor was devoted to the hand operated printing presses that were built by Nat's cousin, Cyrus Currier, at his shop Cyrus Currier & Sons in Newark, NJ. The fourth floor found the artists, lithographers and the stone grinders...
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fire Department Certificate pub. by Currier & Ives 1911
By Currier & Ives
Located in Paonia, CO
This is an original certificate of honorable discharge from the Saratoga New York Fire Department. It is signed by the Village President and dated 1911...
Category
1910s Other Art Style Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
