The Puzzled Fox, Currier & Ives

D'Amour Museum of Fine Arts

Fox to right of center ready to climb tree; face of person above fox’s paw. Animals receding into image. Deer snuggling up against base of tree in lower left corner. Color image. Duplicate title and image (2004.D03.201 FAC # 4984.1), yet it is black and white.

Some of the most popular images for children were termed puzzle pictures, scenes in which viewers could find hidden images. This work contains a fox, horse, lamb, wild boar and faces of men and women disguised throughout the landscape. The work is one of only a few Currier & Ives prints that show the now-extinct passenger pigeon

Object Creator
Currier & Ives (American, 1834-1907)
Object Creation Date
1872
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph
Dimensions
14 1/4 x 11 3/8 inches
Credit
Gift of Lenore B. and Sidney A. Alpert supplemented with Museum Acquistions Funds
Accession Number
2004.D03.220
On View?
No
Image Request
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