Currier & Ives Archives - AHPCS

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

November 21, 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 these popular and historically significant images, Joslyn has organized this exhibition that sheds new light on the famous firm’s artistic and commercial practices. Revisiting America:... 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 after he was shot by an assassin on July 2, 1881, in Washington, D.C. The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art hold an interesting letter from... 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 Fannie ended up immortalized in a print? Who was Fannie? The truth is that Little Fannie could have easily have been Little Mary or Little... Read the full article

Tracking the Tract House

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 a partner until 1857.) For a typical 1849 Currier print, like Louisa below, one expects to see “152 Nassau St.” printed somewhere in the bottom... Read the full article

An Icon’s Birthday

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. At the time, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world. Its distinctive architecture has inspired art in a variety of mediums–including prints. Here... Read the full article

My First Currier & Ives Print

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”

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 small book Currier & Ives (1950), Frederic A. Conningham notes: “The only type of work she did not do was the horse racing print. According... Read the full article

Tip of the Hat to Currier & Ives

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 great example in AAS’s collection is titled Wreck-Elections of a Busy Life and was published in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1867. The entire volume is a humorous... 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 extremely valuable Renaissance original or just a 17th century copy—a distinction worth a million dollars. Among the disputed crucial details is whether a date cast... Read the full article

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