The Farm-Yard in Winter

1861

after George Henry Durrie

Associated Names
Currier and Ives

Printer, 1857 - 1907

Currier and Ives

Publisher, 1857 - 1907

George Henry Durrie

Artist After, American, 1820 - 1863

This print depicts a winter farm scene. On the left is a large gray barn, its roof covered in snow and some small black birds. The large doors of the barn are open to reveal piles of yellow hay and a horse in a stall, with two men in dark jackets and hats standing on either side of the stall. In front of the barn's doors, cows, ducks, and chickens stand in a snowy yard bordered by a wooden fence, another pile of hay on the left. On the right are more snow-covered buildings, leafless trees, and distant gray hills under a pale gray sky with white clouds. Below the print are two lines of text.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph, with touches of gum arabic, on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    image: 41.1 x 59.8 cm (16 3/16 x 23 9/16 in.)
    sheet: 58.2 x 77.5 cm (22 15/16 x 30 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1985.64.162

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Reilly 1984, no. 2055

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1986

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 1986-1987.

Bibliography

1970

  • Conningham, Frederic A. Currier and Ives Prints: An Illustrated Check List. New York: Crown Publishers, 1970, p. 90, no. 1881.

1984

  • Reilly, Bernard F., Jr. Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonné: A Comprehensive Catalogue of the Lithographs of Nathaniel Currier, James Merrit Ives and Charles Currier, including Ephemera Associated with the Firm, 1834-1907, volume 1. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1984, pp. 209, 218, no. 2055.

Inscriptions

Text at bottom on stone:
Painted by G.H. Durrie / Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year 1861, by Currier & Ives, in the Clerk's Office of the District of the United States for the Southern District of New York. / Lith. Currier & Ives, N.Y. / The Farm-Yard in Winter / New York, Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St.

Wikidata ID

Q74070747

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