Auction: Sale #2230 - 2230Location: BostonDate / Time: February 22, 2004 11:00AM
Description:
Currier & Ives, publishers (American, 1857-1907)
TAKING THE BACK TRACK: A Dangerous Neighborhood. 1866, (Conningham, 5961). Identified by inscriptions in the matrix. Lithograph with hand-coloring on paper, sheet size 20 x 28 1/8 in., matted, in a molded maple frame. Condition: Margins of 1 in. or more, repair to background sky u.l., light stains and toning, hinged at the top, repair to corner u.r.
Note: This lithograph ranked no. 27 in the original "Best 50," large folio.
Estimate $3,000-4,000