Gift Greeting, Christmas: They Came With Haste (TK)

Gift Greeting: They Came With Haste (TK), c.1959.: Image: uncandle, Etsy.com, 9/2021.
Gift Greeting: They Came With Haste (TK), c.1959.

Image: uncandle, Etsy.com, 9/2021.

Name/Title

Gift Greeting, Christmas: They Came With Haste (TK)

Description

A five color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting a shepherd carrying a lamb while leading his sheep toward a town in the distance, above which hovers the Christmas star in the form of a Christian cross. Above the scene is a paraphrasing of Luke 2:16 from the King James Bible, “And they came with haste and found Mary and Joseph and the babe.” The complete quote is, “And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger”; see web link. This is a Gift Greeting, Country Prints’ series of unmounted prints available in cardstock note folders with envelopes for mailing or gift giving. This Gift Greeting appears in a Country Prints promotional photo, c.1959; see images.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1960 - circa 1965

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

“wert” in lowercase black script, lower left corner, and “by hand” in lowercase black print, lower right corner.

Dimensions

Height

9 in

Width

7 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink

Color

Teal, Light Blue, Light Brown, Red, Black

Web Links and URLs

Luke 2-16, King James Bible