Car Prints and Multiples

Original Porsche 928 German factory poster. Archival linen-backed and presents in Grade A condition. The white area was cleaned up during linen backing. This should be the lowes...

Artist: John Baeder, American (1938 - ) Title: Tick Tock Diner Year: 1980 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 250 Size: 22 x 30 in. (...

32 color Serigraph print completed at Modern Multiples in Los Angeles under the guidance of Richard Duardo. Signed and numbered #105 from the edition of 110. printed to the sheet edg...

Alexander Chen signed and numbered Seriolithograph “Central Park south morning”. In good condition measures 30x24

Hans Figura: 1898-1978. Well listed Austrian artist. Most famous for these beautiful etchings on silk. He has an auction result high for a single etching just over $2400. We have own...

A delicate composition of an industrial Hudson River town, seen from lower Manhattan; a view of what is now Liberty State Park. New York: 1884. Etching with aquatint on cream laid p...

Saul Steinberg's "Sphinx" is a whimsical yet thought-provoking etching that brilliantly captures the artist's unique perspective on the world. Created in 1984, this work is an exempl...

Civic Building – Manaus, Eliza Southwood Limited Edition Silkscreen Print of 20 Silkscreen Print on Paper Size: H 97cm x W 67cm Signed and titled Silkscreen Print – A printing techn...

Printmaking on Paper

"The Celebrated Clipper Ship Dreadnought" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a sailing ship. 13 1/4" x 17 1/2" art 19" x 23 1/2" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. 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 at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

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Artist: Richard Haas, American (1936 - ) Title: 57th Street Looking East Year: 2007 Medium: Etching, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 36/200 Image Si...

The latest and final release in Australian photographer Tom Blachford’s long-running project, Midnight Modern, will be exhibited for the first time at TOTH Gallery in New York. Loos...

Ken Price silkscreen on Arches 88 paper 14.875 x 12.375” 1981 edition of 150 stamped by Ken Price, SOMA Fine Art Press and Arabesque Books

Lucian Bernhard was an award-winning graphic, interior, and typography designer and highly influential to the world of 20th century graphic and poster ...

Paper Size: 13 x 17 inches ( 33.02 x 43.18 cm ) Image Size: 13 x 17 inches ( 33.02 x 43.18 cm ) Framed: Yes Frame Size: H: 14 x W: 18 x D: .75 in. Condition: A: Mint Additiona...

Print Published By New York Graphic Society, 1961 Printed In Holland Measures 23.5 x 27.5 in. In Good Condition

9-1-1 (Porsche) by Frank Schott 48 x 66 inches / 122cm x 168cm signed edition of 7 29 x 40 inches / 74cm x 102cm signed edition of 25 archival quality fine art pigment print limit...

Original linen-backed NORWICH CASTLE vintage travel poster, printed in England in 1935 by artist C. W. Hobbis and published by Page Brothers (Norwich) Ltd. It features a city center ...

Martin Lewis (1881-1962, Shadows, Garage at Night, drypoint, 1928, signed in pencil lower right [also signed in the plate lower right]. Reference: McCarron 69, only state, from the t...

Pedal into a world of artistic design with the bicycle advertisement page from "The David Lance Goines Poster Book," published in 1978. This visually striking page features David Lan...

The 1935 original advertising poster for Dunlop introduces "Le pneu agraire," a tire designed to enhance agricultural operations and productivity. Crafted by J. Herbert & Cie in Leva...

The 1935 original advertising poster for Dunlop unveils "Le pneu tracteur" a tire engineered to revolutionize agricultural performance and efficiency. Crafted by J. Herbert & Cie in ...

The 1935 original advertising poster for Dunlop introduces audiences to the innovative Tire Trakgrip, a groundbreaking tire designed to meet the diverse needs of drivers. Printed by ...

The 1935 original advertising poster for Dunlop introduces viewers to the versatile capabilities of the Dunlop Fort 90 tire, a testament to innovation and reliability in the automoti...

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture.Blue vintage Porsche Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Pa...

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. White Porsche Cabriolet 911 vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Archit...

Childe Hassam (1859-1935), French Cruiser, lithotint, 1918, signed in pencil with the cipher lower right. Reference: Griffith 8. In very good condition, printed in black ink on cream...

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. White Porsche Cabriolet 911 vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Modern Archit...

Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - NYC #1, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99, Size: 30 in. x 44 in. (76.2 cm x 111.76 cm)

This Blue Dog work consists of a single dog at the left bottom of a solid black background. There are 6 cars alternating green and 2 toned red/orange surrounding the dog from top to...

This piece of car art was painted to celebrate the iconic Porsche 917-2 that dominated at Le Mans for many years by emerging artist Martin Allen. The ori...

This beautiful intricate, Rotring pen and markers on paper, on 350gsm Colorset white paper. This piece is framed on a white wood frame, uv glass and all archival materials. GUILLAUM...

Artist: Ralph Fasanella, American (1914 - 1997) Title: Empire State Year: 1974 Medium: Screenprint on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300 Image: 40 x 24 inches S...

Maximino Javier (Mexico, 1948) 'Bajada de emergencia (serie Tamayo Total)', 2023 silkscreen on paper Canson 320 g. 20.3 x 28.2 in. (51.5 x 71.5 cm.) Edition of 100 Unframed ID: JAV-1...

The Well Oiled Machine is a lithograph on paper, 9.5 x 9 inches image size, and initialed 'BD' lower right. From the edition of 395, numbered 88/275 (there were also 100 Roman and 2...

Medium: original etching. This impression on Canson et Montgolfier wove paper was printed in 1937 in an edition of 500 for the "Paris 1937" portfolio. Printed at the atelier of Jean-...

Mid Century Modern Palm Springs Architecture. Jaguar E-Type vintage Car photographed in Palm Desert. Archival Inkjet Print on Cotton Paper. Mid Century Mod...

UNTITLED (INV# NP2231) Ken Price silkscreen on Arches 88 paper 14.875 x 12.375” 1981 edition of 150 stamped by Ken Price, SOMA Fine Art Press and Arabesque Books Ken Price (1935 - ...

The 2002 original poster titled Louis Vuitton Classic - Parc de Bagatelle was created by the renowned French poster artist Razzia. This artwork was commissioned for the prestigious Louis Vuitton Classic, an exclusive annual event that took place at the Parc de Bagatelle in Paris, celebrating classic cars and vintage automobiles. Held from June 28 to 29, 2002, this event attracted automobile enthusiasts, collectors, and connoisseurs from around the world, showcasing a rare and elegant selection of classic cars. Razzia, born Gérard Courbouleix-Dénériaz, is known for his iconic poster art that merges modernity with nostalgia, often drawing on vintage themes. His work is celebrated for its bold lines, vibrant colors, and minimalist compositions, making him one of the most sought-after poster designers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. For the Louis Vuitton Classic, Razzia perfectly captures the essence of the event—luxury, heritage, and timeless elegance. The poster’s composition is visually striking, featuring a vivid yellow vintage car, a Ford GT40, a symbol of speed and design excellence, set against a stylized background of the American flag, with its distinctive stars and stripes subtly incorporated into the green and yellow landscape. The green tones give the image a contemporary yet refined feel, with the waving flag underscoring the connection between classic American automobiles and the luxury of French high society. The car is viewed from a bird’s-eye perspective, with precise detailing and a dynamic shadow, which gives the image depth and a sense of movement. In the upper portion of the image, a solitary figure dressed in a white hat and suit stands elegantly, casting a long shadow. The figure suggests sophistication and is likely a nod to the car enthusiasts or Louis Vuitton patrons attending the event—well-dressed, distinguished, and exuding style. The character’s placement within the larger composition evokes a sense of calm and contemplation, fitting for an event focused on appreciating the craftsmanship and beauty of classic cars. The minimalism of the figure also contrasts effectively with the bold curves of the automobile below, creating a balanced yet dynamic composition. At the top of the poster, the event’s title, “Louis Vuitton Classic”, is displayed in clean, elegant typography, with the event details, including the location (Parc de Bagatelle) and the dates (28-29 Juin 2002), prominently featured at the bottom. Logos for Mercedes Benz and Zenith Swiss Watchmakers are also included, highlighting the event’s partnerships with other luxury brands, reinforcing the elite and high-status nature of the occasion. The Louis Vuitton Classic event was an important gathering for those passionate about classic cars, and Razzia’s poster perfectly encapsulates its luxurious and exclusive atmosphere. The pairing of a sleek, vintage car with subtle design elements from Louis Vuitton’s world...

Artist: Denis Paul Noyer, French (1940 - ) Title: Ledoyen Yea: circa 1980 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 133/180 Size: 35 in. x 25 in. (88.9 cm x 63.5 cm)...

Mel Hunter, American (1927 - 2004) - Stage Hound in Full Gale, Year: 1978, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, Size: 21 in. x 29 in. (53.34 cm x 73.6...

THIS PIECE IS AVAILABLE FRAMED. Please reach out to the gallery for additional information. ABOUT THIS PIECE: This image comes from the series "Fast Food Fast Cars: The Pursuit of Happiness" in which Carden photographs one icon of American childhood- a Hot Wheels...

Louis Orr, 'New York' (from the portfolio 'Ports of America', published by Yale University Press, 1928), etching, 1925, edition not stated. Signed and titled in pencil. Signed in the...

"L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped Project for Paris III" is one of the last projects realized by Christo before his passing. This limited edition piece is a testament to Christo's enduring...

Marion McClanahan, American (1921 - 1993) - San Francisco, Year: Circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, Image Size: 28 x 23 inches, Size: 3...

This artwork titled "Yelding the Right of Way" c.1975 is a color offset lithograph by renown western artist Arnold Friberg, 1913-2010. It is hand signed...

Acrylic on wood panel. There is snow, and then there is snow....After a major storm the city awakes to snow-filled streets and buried cars. But life goes on. Some people get up, trud...

This Blue Dog work consists of 2 dogs and a pink antique automobile. One dog is in the foreground and the other is beside the car. Both dogs have ...

Signed lower center, in pencil, '(nach) Luigi Kasimir' (Austro-Hungarian, 1881-1962) by a member of the artist's family workshop. Paper dimensions: 17.5 x 24 inches Austrian etcher ...

This striking original circa 1970 Lufthansa travel poster captures the bold visual identity of postwar international tourism. Framed by the iconic red steel arches of the Golden Gate...

Pollock's Model A, 1998 Signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Lithograph Sheet: 13 x 20 inches Frame: 20.5 x 26.5 inches Edition 6 of 75

A double image, with multiple narratives. The title and main imagery depict the third day of Captain Ahab's fateful chase of Moby Dick (chapter 135). In the lower image the whale is ...

Subscription and first edition lithographs in stock Full plate: 196 Presented in a acid free mount

"The New Steamship Cephalonia, of the Cunard Line" is an original hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives. It depicts a large sailing steamship. There is a significant stain in the artwork in the upper center. 12" x 16 3/4" art 21" x 26" frame Nathaniel Currier was a tall introspective man with a melancholy nature. He could captivate people with his piercing stare or charm them with his sparkling blue eyes. Nathaniel was born in Roxbury, Massachusetts on March 27th, 1813, the second of four children. His parents, Nathaniel and Hannah Currier, were distant cousins who lived a humble yet spartan life. When Nathaniel was eight years old, tragedy struck. Nathaniel’s father unexpectedly passed away leaving Nathaniel and his eleven-year-old brother Lorenzo to provide for the family. In addition to their mother, Nathaniel and Lorenzo had to care for six-year-old sister Elizabeth and two-year-old brother Charles. Nathaniel worked a series of odd jobs to support the family, and at fifteen, he started what would become a life-long career when he apprenticed in the Boston lithography shop of William and John Pendleton. A Bavarian gentleman named Alois Senefelder invented lithography just 30 years prior to young Nat Currier’s apprenticeship. While under the employ of the brothers Pendleton, Nat was taught the art of lithography by the firm’s chief printer, a French national named Dubois, who brought the lithography trade to America. Lithography involves grinding a piece of limestone flat and smooth then drawing in mirror image on the stone with a special grease pencil. After the image is completed, the stone is etched with a solution of aqua fortis leaving the greased areas in slight relief. Water is then used to wet the stone and greased-ink is rolled onto the raised areas. Since grease and water do not mix, the greased-ink is repelled by the moisture on the stone and clings to the original grease pencil lines. The stone is then placed in a press and used as a printing block to impart black on white images to paper. In 1833, now twenty-years old and an accomplished lithographer, Nat Currier left Boston and moved to Philadelphia to do contract work for M.E.D. Brown, a noted engraver and printer. With the promise of good money, Currier hired on to help Brown prepare lithographic stones of scientific images for the American Journal of Sciences and Arts. When Nat completed the contract work in 1834, he traveled to New York City to work once again for his mentor John Pendleton, who was now operating his own shop located at 137 Broadway. Soon after the reunion, Pendleton expressed an interest in returning to Boston and offered to sell his print shop to Currier. Young Nat did not have the financial resources to buy the shop, but being the resourceful type he found another local printer by the name of Stodart. Together they bought Pendleton’s business. The firm ‘Currier & Stodart’ specialized in "job" printing. They produced many different types of printed items, most notably music manuscripts for local publishers. By 1835, Stodart was frustrated that the business was not making enough money and he ended the partnership, taking his investment with him. With little more than some lithographic stones, and a talent for his trade, twenty-two year old Nat Currier set up shop in a temporary office at 1 Wall Street in New York City. He named his new enterprise ‘N. Currier, Lithographer’ Nathaniel continued as a job printer and duplicated everything from music sheets to architectural plans. He experimented with portraits, disaster scenes and memorial prints, and any thing that he could sell to the public from tables in front of his shop. During 1835 he produced a disaster print Ruins of the Planter's Hotel, New Orleans, which fell at two O’clock on the Morning of the 15th of May 1835, burying 50 persons, 40 of whom Escaped with their Lives. The public had a thirst for newsworthy events, and newspapers of the day did not include pictures. By producing this print, Nat gave the public a new way to “see” the news. The print sold reasonably well, an important fact that was not lost on Currier. Nat met and married Eliza Farnsworth in 1840. He also produced a print that same year titled Awful Conflagration of the Steamboat Lexington in Long Island Sound on Monday Evening, January 18, 1840, by which melancholy occurrence over One Hundred Persons Perished. This print sold out very quickly, and Currier was approached by an enterprising publication who contracted him to print a single sheet addition of their paper, the New York Sun. This single page paper is presumed to be the first illustrated newspaper ever published. The success of the Lexington print launched his career nationally and put him in a position to finally lift his family up. In 1841, Nat and Eliza had their first child, a son they named Edward West Currier. That same year Nat hired his twenty-one year old brother Charles and taught him the lithography trade, he also hired his artistically inclined brother Lorenzo to travel out west and make sketches of the new frontier as material for future prints. Charles worked for the firm on and off over the years, and invented a new type of lithographic crayon which he patented and named the Crayola. Lorenzo continued selling sketches to Nat for the next few years. In 1843, Nat and Eliza had a daughter, Eliza West Currier, but tragedy struck in early 1847 when their young daughter died from a prolonged illness. Nat and Eliza were grief stricken, and Eliza, driven by despair, gave up on life and passed away just four months after her daughter’s death. The subject of Nat Currier’s artwork changed following the death of his wife and daughter, and he produced many memorial prints and sentimental prints during the late 1840s. The memorial prints generally depicted grief stricken families posed by gravestones (the stones were left blank so the purchasers could fill in the names of the dearly departed). The sentimental prints usually depicted idealized portraits of women and children, titled with popular Christian names of the day. Late in 1847, Nat Currier married Lura Ormsbee, a friend of the family. Lura was a self-sufficient woman, and she immediately set out to help Nat raise six-year-old Edward and get their house in order. In 1849, Lura delivered a son, Walter Black Currier, but fate dealt them a blow when young Walter died one year later. While Nat and Lura were grieving the loss of their new son, word came from San Francisco that Nat’s brother Lorenzo had also passed away from a brief illness. Nat sank deeper into his natural quiet melancholy. Friends stopped by to console the couple, and Lura began to set an extra place at their table for these unexpected guests. She continued this tradition throughout their lives. In 1852, Charles introduced a friend, James Merritt Ives, to Nat and suggested he hire him as a bookkeeper. Jim Ives was a native New Yorker born in 1824 and raised on the grounds of Bellevue Hospital where his father was employed as superintendent. Jim was a self-trained artist and professional bookkeeper. He was also a plump and jovial man, presenting the exact opposite image of his new boss. Jim Ives met Charles Currier through Caroline Clark, the object of Jim’s affection. Caroline’s sister Elizabeth was married to Charles, and Caroline was a close friend of the Currier family. Jim eventually proposed marriage to Caroline and solicited an introduction to Nat Currier, through Charles, in hopes of securing a more stable income to support his future wife. Ives quickly set out to improve and modernize his new employer’s bookkeeping methods. He reorganized the firm’s sizable inventory, and used his artistic skills to streamline the firm’s production methods. By 1857, Nathaniel had become so dependent on Jims’ skills and initiative that he offered him a full partnership in the firm and appointed him general manager. The two men chose the name ‘Currier & Ives’ for the new partnership, and became close friends. 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 at work. The fifth floor housed the coloring department, and was one of the earliest production lines in the country. The colorists were generally immigrant girls, mostly German, who came to America with some formal artistic training. Each colorist was responsible for adding a single color to a print. As a colorist finished applying their color, the print was passed down the line to the next colorist to add their color. The colorists worked from a master print displayed above their table, which showed where the proper colors were to be placed. At the end of the table was a touch up artist who checked the prints for quality, touching-in areas that may have been missed as it passed down the line. During the Civil War, demand for prints became so great that coloring stencils were developed to speed up production. Although most Currier & Ives prints were colored in house, some were sent out to contract artists. The rate Currier & Ives paid these artists for coloring work was one dollar per one hundred small folios (a penny a print) and one dollar per one dozen large folios. Currier & Ives also offered uncolored prints to dealers, with instructions (included on the price list) on how to 'prepare the prints for coloring.' In addition, schools could order uncolored prints from the firm’s catalogue to use in their painting classes. Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives attracted a wide circle of friends during their years in business. Some of their more famous acquaintances included Horace Greeley, Phineas T. Barnum, and the outspoken abolitionists Rev. Henry Ward, and John Greenleaf Whittier (the latter being a cousin of Mr. Currier). Nat Currier and Jim Ives described their business as "Publishers of Cheap and Popular Pictures" and produced many categories of prints. These included Disaster Scenes, Sentimental Images, Sports, Humor, Hunting Scenes, Politics, Religion, City and Rural Scenes, Trains, Ships, Fire Fighters, Famous Race Horses, Historical Portraits, and just about any other topic that satisfied the general public's taste. In all, the firm produced in excess of 7500 different titles, totaling over one million prints produced from 1835 to 1907. Nat Currier retired in 1880, and signed over his share of the firm to his son Edward. Nat died eight years later at his summer home 'Lion’s Gate' in Amesbury, Massachusetts. Jim Ives remained active in the firm until his death in 1895, when his share of the firm passed to his eldest son, Chauncey. In 1902, faced will failing health from the ravages of Tuberculosis, Edward Currier sold his share of the firm to Chauncey Ives...

Image dimensions: 10.1 x 13.9 cm. Port of New Orleans is a black and white xylograph on paper, realized in 1890 by Holland Tringham. Of little dimensions but high quality, this ori...

"Malibu Bandits" Black & White Photography 30" x 24" in Ed 1/7 by Brendan North ABOUT: Brendan North is a fine art photographer based in Los Angeles. Having built a social media p...

Noel Mahaffey Night Times Square – 1979 Print – Silkscreen print on Somerset Paper 22” x 30” Edition: signed in pencil and marked PP 4/25 Noel Mahaffey was born in St. Augustine, ...

Paper Size: 24 x 36 inches ( 60.96 x 91.44 cm ) Image Size: 24 x 36 inches ( 60.96 x 91.44 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Additional Det...

Summit Cable Car (Blue), photograph from Richard Heeps' On-Sea series. This artwork is a limited edition of 25, gloss photographic print, dry-mounted to aluminium, it is presented i...