Auction 68 · Lot 93
“A Skinner Skinned.” With: “A Skin Game.” Two color lithographs.
- Estimate
- $800–$1,200
- Hammer price
- $700
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Place
New York, Currier & Ives, March 22, 1884
Description
Illustrated by V. Ostenbach and captioned below: “Dot is French Calf hand sewed” and “Oh! mein gootness! der bottom ish knocked out.”
references
Currier & Ives: A Catalogue Raisonné (1983) nos. 5942-43.
summary
Two ethnic stereotypes: An African-American trying on boots assisted by a Jewish cobbler.
13.25 x 17.5 inches (sheet size).
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