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Exhibit: “Revisiting America: The Prints of Currier & Ives,” Joslyn Art Museum

November 16, 2020
In 2016, ConAgra Foods, Inc. donated nearly 600 Currier & Ives lithographs to the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. Now home to one of the largest public collections of... Read the full article

The Business of Mourning: Currier & Ives and the Death of President Garfield

September 18, 2020
September 19th marks the 139th anniversary of the death of James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. Garfield died from infection a little more than two months... Read the full article

Who was Little Fannie?

August 24, 2020
A collector recently queried us about a print she had of “Little Fannie” published by Currier & Ives. The collector wanted to know: Was this a famous child? How had... Read the full article

Tracking the Tract House

June 22, 2020
A print collector recently contacted AHPCS asking if we could provide any insight into two 1849 Nathaniel Currier prints lacking the predictable 152 Nassau Street address. (James Ives didn’t become... Read the full article

An Icon’s Birthday

May 24, 2020
The Brooklyn Bridge turns 137 years old today! After more than 13 years of construction, the bridge opened on May 24, 1883, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River.... Read the full article

My First Currier & Ives Print

May 14, 2020
It was October 8, 1974, though at the time I made no special effort to remember the date. Driving up the coast of Maine at the start of an autumn trip through New England, I stopped at a cluttered, musty antique barn. Having grown up in New York City, I was familiar with "Currier & Ives" images through their frequent use on Christmas cards, calendars, advertisements and ceramic ware. Read the full article

Horses and Fanny Palmer: “The one thing Mrs. Palmer could not draw was a horse”

April 23, 2020
Fanny Palmer was one of Currier & Ives’ most important and prolific artists — and her oeuvre of nearly 300 prints gives the impression of artistic invincibility. But in the... Read the full article

Tip of the Hat to Currier & Ives

April 17, 2020
The American Antiquarian Society has lots of examples of fully lithographed books—made with both lithographic images and text—including titles by Bret Harte, children’s picture books, and inexpensive comic text. One... Read the full article

A Look Back: “The most important Currier & Ives sale to take place in Southern California …”

January 8, 2020
"I am Done Collecting—Now What?" contains great tips from appraiser and art historian Leah Tharpe on things to consider when preparing to sell or donate a print collection. Margaret Leslie Davis's new book, The Lost Gutenberg (TarcherPerigee, 2019), might be considered a cautionary tale for these same collectors getting ready to donate their collections. Davis's book tracks one surviving copy of the Gutenberg Bible known as “No. 45.” Read the full article

The Million-Dollar Question: Original or Reproduction?

December 31, 2019
A recent article in the New York Times (“Is It a ‘5’ or a ‘6’? The Answer Could Make an Art Fortune”) explores whether a certain bronze sculpture is an... Read the full article

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