Name/Title
Print, Christmas: 1960 Country Prints Christmas GreetingDescription
A 1960 Country Prints Christmas greeting designed and produced to mail to retailers, suppliers and people of note to the company.
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 WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1960Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“From the COUNTRY PRINTERS”, “wert by hand”, and “anno 1960”, along left margin.Material
Cardstock, Textile InkColor
chartreuse, Red, Blue, Black