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Louis Maurer (German/American, 1832-1932) for Currier and Ives, United States. Lithograph titled "Preparing for Market," depicting a man and woman preparing their crop and livestock to go to market while their young child watches from the porch, 1856. Signed in plate along the lower right. Literature: Gale Research Company, "Currier & Ives, A Catalogue Raisonne," Volume 2: O-Z (Gale Research Company: Detroit, 1984). Number 5280, page 542. Provenance: Distinguished Corporate Collection, Ohio. Currier and Ives was founded by Nathaniel Currier (American, 1813-1888) in 1835 as "the Grand Central Depot for Cheap and Popular Prints," but changed its name with the addition of James Merritt Ives (American, 1824-1895) in 1857. The company created over 7000 popular lithographs depicting American life until 1907.