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Louis MaurerWW-1860-525396
1860·Lithograph·Image: 9 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (25 × 40 cm)
Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 11/16 in. (33.8 × 44.9 cm)
Gift of A. S. Colgate, 1952
Catalogue
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Image: 9 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (25 × 40 cm) Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 11/16 in. (33.8 × 44.9 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Louis Maurer
Artist
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Louis Maurer
Painting
Louis Maurer was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. He was the last surviving artist known to have been employed by Currier and Ives. Prior to his death, Maurer was extensively interviewed about the firm by collector and connoisseur Harry T. Peters for his book Currier & Ives, Printmakers to the American People.
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- Louis Maurer
- Year
- 1860
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Dimensions
- Image: 9 13/16 × 15 3/4 in. (25 × 40 cm) Sheet: 13 5/16 × 17 11/16 in. (33.8 × 44.9 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1860-525396
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified