Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

S/O

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

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Description générale

PAPER

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

45,0 cm

Largeur

34,2 cm

Hauteur

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Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Transports terrestres non motorisés

Catégorie

Vélos et cyclisme

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Currier Ives

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New York

Ville

New York

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

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Canada

Currier and Ives was a New York City printmaking business that operated between 1835 and 1907. The company designed and sold inexpensive, hand painted lithographic works based on current events and dominant views of popular culture. Many prints conveyed critical, negative, or at least cautionary messages, in obvious and subtle ways, again reflecting the concerns or fears of their audience. This was especially true of Currier and Ives's images of African Americans. The Darktown Comics consisted of 100 to 200 racist prints that were created by a few company artists between the 1870s and 1890s. These prints were among the bestselling of the company’s 7000+ lithographs. Through these and other works, Currier and Ives inadvertently created “a pictorial record” of values in the United States over the late 19th century. (ref.1)

Fonction

A print from Currier and Ives Darktown Comics. This comic depicts racist stereotypes that are harmful and offensive. Ingenium preserves such works in order to provide historical context and to enable the study of racism in relation to science, technology, and society.

Technique

This drawing was made by artists associated with the firm, primarily John Cameron (1828-1906) and Thomas Worth (1834-1917). Currier and Ives included various types of technologies in their Darktown prints which served as objects through which the artists could comment on the relationships between various groups and technology, as well as reaffirm offensive tropes and reinforce racist and sexist stereotypes. Many of these prints include leisure activities like sports, hunting, fishing, and, as seen in this particular print, cycling. The inclusion of such pastimes, and the ways in which different groups engaged in such activities, served as an opportunity for Currier and Ives to “parody and satirize” (ref.1) while reinforcing racial stereotypes. As Bryan Le Beau notes in his work “black women are more often the brunt of Currier and Ives’s Darktown prints dealing with pretensions to fashion, but men are occasional victims as well” (ref.1). This can be seen in this print through the dress, gloves, and shoes of the cyclist on the right.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

CAPTION 'DARKTOWN BICYCLING - A TENDER PAIR/ "I'SE GWINE TO GIT DAT PEAR OR BUST SUMFIN"'/ 'PUBLISHED BY CURRIER & IVES COPYRIGHT 1897 BY CURRIER & IVES N.Y. 93 SPRUCE ST. N.Y.'

Manque

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Fini

BORDER OF PAPER IS CREAM COLOUR, TURNED BROWNISH/ PICTURE IS IN COLOUR

Décoration

PICTURE OF A BLACK COUPLE BICYCLING DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD, THEY ARE PASSING UNDER A TREE AS A MAN IN THE TREE REACHES FOR A PEAR