Gift Greeting, Christmas: Holy Family (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Holy Family (TK) Gift Greeting.: Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM
Holy Family (TK) Gift Greeting.

Collection of Sara Leeper. Image: PKM

Name/Title

Gift Greeting, Christmas: Holy Family (TK)

Description

A five-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicitng the Holy Family on the night of Jesus birth. Within a timber frame structure, Mary and Joseph kneel on either side of Jesus in the manger. A lamb lies before the manger. Beyond are the donkey Mary rode to Bethlehem and the cow who gave her manger for Jesus’ bed. This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ line of unmounted prints in cardstock note folders with envelopes for gift giving or mailing; see “Branding” for folio examples. This print appears in a Country Prints promotional photo, c.1959; see photos. This example is a sales sample used by Country Prints.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1960

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert by hand”, lower left corner.

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Blue, Yellow, Tan, Brick Red, Black