Dec 08, 2022 - Sale 2624

Sale 2624 - Lot 238

Price Realized: $ 3,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
CURRIER & IVES; after A.F. Tait. Arguing the Point. Large folio multi-stone lithograph finished with hand-colors and gum arabic. 22 1/2x26 3/4 inches sheet size, wide margins; a touch age toned but overall an excellent, finely colored example. New York, 1855
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"This Chateauguay Lake scene shows a local guide, Anthony Sprague, seated. Next to him are Jonathan Bellows and his son Francis. A 12 bedroom hotel was actually on this site but Tait introduced the cabin to emphasize the 'frontier' atmosphere in the painting" -- New Best 50, 28.