Notecard: Christmas, First Day (TK)

Object/Artifact

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Robert Darr Wert & Country Prints

First Day (TK) print for notecard.: Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Images: Kathryn Zentner, unless noted.
First Day (TK) print for notecard.

Collection of Kathryn Zentner. Images: Kathryn Zentner, unless noted.

Name/Title

Notecard: Christmas, First Day (TK)

Description

A six screen silkscreen print on white linen depicting the first day of Christmas from the traditional song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”. A woman in eighteenth century dress spins thread at a spinning wheel, her thread being held aloft by the partridge in the pear tree beyond. A butter churn stands next to the woman. The linen print is backed with a silkscreen printed calendar for December 1961 and January 1962. This assemblage was likely meant to be glued inside a die cut greeting card such as the one pictured below. This example 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

1961

Time Period

20th Century

Place

Location

Gill MA.

Continent

North America

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Unsigned

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Approximate

Height

7-3/4 in

Width

3 in

Material

Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock

Color

Light Blue, Dark Blue, Brown, Red, Gold, Black