Print, Christmas: 1960 Wert Family Christmas Greeting

1960 Wert family Christmas greeting.: PKM collection. Image: PKM
1960 Wert family Christmas greeting.

PKM collection. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Print, Christmas: 1960 Wert Family Christmas Greeting

Description

A 1960 Wert family Christmas greeting designed and produced to mail to family, friends and other people of note. A four-color silkscreen print on heavy tan colored cardstock depicting a winged angel singing and playing an early stringed instrument. The angel flies against a starry night sky, with the bright Christmas star beyond its trailing robe. “Gloria” begins a quote from the song “Gloria”, by William Byrd, from the Mass of Four Voices, and is continued on the angel’s belt, “in excelsis deo et in terra pax hominibus”, which translates to, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will”; see web link.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“robert, margaret, sara darr wert and jerry”, “wert by hand”, and “anno 1960”, along left margin.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Card, open

Width

20 in

Depth

6-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Card, folded

Width

5 in

Depth

6-3/4 in

Material

Cardstock, Textile Ink

Color

chartreuse, Red, Blue, Black