Notecard, Christmas: Christmas Cookies (TK), Angel

Object/Artifact

Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

Notecard front with angel cookie print.

Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Images: Kathryn Zentner.

Name/Title

Notecard, Christmas: Christmas Cookies (TK), Angel

Description

A bi-fold Christmas notecard with a one color silkscreen printed exterior in white on mauve cardstock. Front imagery depicts a Christmas cookie angel on the right flap. The left flap bears the greeting “Merry Christmas”, and the back carries the Country Prints logo. Taped to the interior is a four color silkscreen print on white linen depicting a Christmas cookie likeness of a winged angel. The cookie hangs from a string amidst pine boughs as if it decorates a Christmas tree. This notecard is part of a series that includes a Christmas Cookies (TK) wallhanging. The imagery of the angel is represented on the wallhanging. This notecard descended through the Wert family and is in the collection of Kathryn Zentner.

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Robert Darr Wert

Role

Artist

Manufacturer

Country Prints

Date made

circa 1958

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Cardstock: “wert COUNTRY PRINTS by hand” on reverse. Linen print: unsigned.

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

9 in

Width

6 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock

Color

Pink, Brown, Green, Yellow Ochre