5 Currier & Ives, Darktown Series, Chromoliths

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Spring Estates Auction - Session 1

By Ahlers & Ogletree

Mar 5, 2016 - Mar 6, 2016

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• Lot Description
  Group of five works by Currier & Ives (American, established 1835) from The Darktown Series comprising of "The Darktown Fire Brigade- The Prize Squirt."-1885, chromolithograph on paper, print reads "The Darktown Fire Brigade - The Prize Squirt.", "Now den! Shake her up once moah fur de Mug.", "Published by Currier & Ives", "Copyright 1885, Currier & Ives N.Y.", "115 Nassau St. New York.", marked with additional stamp in upper right "Compliments of Gleason & Bailey M'f'g Co. Limited, FIRE APPARATUS BUILDER, SENECA FALLS, N.Y. NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO , ILL.", depicting a company of African American fire fighters participating in a hand-pump fire hose competition, with the leader of the firemen holding a megaphone and bouquet of flowers, in the background a competition official holds a "prize mug" for the winning team in front of spectators, in the foreground stands a red and white May Pole topped with a Liberty Cap; "The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps – Going to the Front"-1884, chromolithograph on paper, signed lower left “King & Murphy del's”, the print reads "The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps.", "Going to the Front", "Published Currier & Ives", "Copyright 1884, by Currier & Ives, N.Y.", "115 Nassau St New York", marked with additional stamp in upper right "Compliments of Gleason & Bailey M'f'g Co. Limited, FIRE APPARATUS BUILDER, SENECA FALLS, N.Y. NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO , ILL.", depicting an African American fire brigade en route to a fire, one fireman leads the horse-drawn ladder truck while blowing a horn, four firemen stand atop the truck, one holds the reigns, another stands with arms extended with a fire stoking device in hand, a third fireman steers the truck and a fourth blows a horn, three firemen assist the truck from the road and another runs behind the truck presumably left behind by the brigade, to the left of the print two young girls observe the passing truck from the roadside and in the distance to the right of the print a colonial-style home can be seen on a hill; "The Darktown Fire Brigade - To The Rescue"-1884, chromolithograph on paper, signed lower left “Thomas Worth””, print reads "The Darktown Fire Brigade - To The Rescue!", "Published By Currier & Ives", "Copyright 1884, By Currier & Ives, N.Y.", "115 Nassau St. New York.", depicting African American fire brigade pushing a pump truck up a hill towards a house fire in the distance; “The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps. – In Action”-1884 chromolithograph on paper, signed lower left “King & Murphy Del’s” print reads "The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps.", "In Action.", "Published by Currier & Ives", "Copyright 1885, Currier & Ives N.Y.", "115 Nassau St. New York.", marked with additional stamp in upper right "Compliments of Gleason & Bailey M'f'g Co. Limited, FIRE APPARATUS BUILDER, SENECA FALLS, N.Y. NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO, ILL.", depicting a brigade of African American fire fighters attending a calamitous house fire, two firemen hold a blanket to catch an oven being lowered from a window above, another pair of firemen hold a second blanket to catch a tenant who has jumped from the roof, a fireman on a ladder attempts to dislodge a large man from a small window, another fireman throws a bucket of water in the face of a tenant who emerges from the chimney; “The Darktown Fire Brigade – The Last Shake.” -1885, chromolithograph on paper, print reads "The Darktown Fire Brigade - The Last Shake.", "We’s won de Mug but we’s smashed de ole machine.", "Published by Currier & Ives", "Copyright 1885, Currier & Ives N.Y.", "115 Nassau St. New York.", marked with additional stamp in upper right "Compliments of Gleason & Bailey M'f'g Co. Limited, FIRE APPARATUS BUILDER, SENECA FALLS, N.Y. NEW YORK CITY, CHICAGO, ILL.", depicting an African American fire brigade at a fire hose competition, the hose having apparently malfunctioned one fireman lays being sprayed by the unmanned hose that is wrapped around a May Pole, a pair of firemen fall into the collapsing pump and spectators run for cover; "The Darktown Fire Brigade - A Prize Squirt" framed approximately 17.5" x 13.6", sight approximately 15.5" x 11.25" with some paper loss at upper right; "The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps" framed approximately 17.5" x 13.6", sight approximately 15.5" x 11.5"; “The Darktown Fire Brigade – To The Rescue!” framed approximately 17.5” x 13.6”, sight approximately 15.5” x 11.5”; “The Darktown Hook and Ladder Corps. – In Action” framed approximately 17.5” x 13.6”, sight approximately 15.5” x 11.5”; “The Darktown Fire Brigade – The Last Shake” framed approximately 17.5” x 13.6”, sight approximately 15.5” x 111.5”.

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