Name/Title
Gift Greeting 330: #5 Holy FamilyDescription
A five-screen/six-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting the holy family. Mary sits in a farmhouse chair holding the baby Jesus on her lap. Joseph stands, gazing at the baby, with one hand on Mary’s right arm and one hand on a lamb (symbolic of the lamb of god). Halos hover above Jesus and Mary’s heads.
This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints available in folded cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This design was amongst the first eight Gift Greetings produced by Country Prints as described in a c.1955 price list, “330 Gift Greetings — for our first venture into the exciting greeting card field we have 8 of our very own colorful greetings in linen…”Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
circa 1955Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” in lowercase black script, lower right corner.Dimensions
Height
8-1/2 inWidth
6-1/4 inDimension Notes
Final dimensions after re-trimming and restoration of fringe. Original dimensions approx. 9”x7”.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColors
Color
Blue-Gray, Beige, Light Yellow, Brick Red, Black, GreenColor Notes
Green is produced by overprinting blue-gray and yellow.
