Name/Title
Gift Greeting, Christmas: Shepherd (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 example includes the note folder.
This Gift Greeting appears in a Country Prints promotional photo, 1957; see images.Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr WertRole
ArtistManufacturer
Country PrintsDate made
1957 - circa 1960Time Period
20th CenturyPlace
Location
Gill MA.Continent
North AmericaInscription/Signature/Marks
“wert” in lowercase black script, lower left corner, and “by hand” in lowercase black print, lower right corner.Material
Bleached Linen, Textile InkColor
Teal, Light Blue, Light Brown, Red, Black
