Currier & Ives: Portraits of a Nation

by Alexandra Bonfante-Warren

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567995896
• ISBN13: 9781567995893
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: MetroBooks (NY)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.7" x 11.6"

Customer Reviews

Praiseworthy collection.

"Currier & Ives" is a praiseworthy collection of 100 full-color reproductions of Currier & Ives prints from the Museum of the City of New York.Alexander Bonfante-Warren laudably details the history of the Currier & Ives firm, which was established in 1834 and produced some of America's warmest and most popular pictures.The author also provides us with a short history of printmaking and advice on collecting prints.Some of the impressive works assembled here include "Falls of Niagara," Clipper Ship 'Comet,'" and "American Winter Scenes: Evening."Though there are few of those classic New England snow prints, this volume is still a marvelous one.