A four-color silkscreen print on off-white linen depicting six hovering angels singing, playing a horn, and plucking stars from the sky. Intertwined with the angels is a partial Bible verse from the Christmas story, Luke 2:13, “and suddenly a multitude of the heavenly host”. It is loosely based on a Country Prints Gift Greeting from 1957; see images.
The wallhanging is finished with a folded black cardstock hanging bar and a red ribbon hanger. This item would have come with a gift tag and an envelope and was meant to be mailed or gifted as a holiday keepsake.
This Greeting Hanger is listed on the Christmas 1960 Country Prints price list. Each included a “5x6 envelope for inexpensive mailing.”
Edges are fringed.
Made/Created
Artist Information
Artist
Robert Darr Wert
Role
Artist
Manufacturer
Country Prints
Date made
circa 1959
Time Period
20th Century
Place
Location
Gill MA.
Continent
North America
Inscription/Signature/Marks
“wert by hand”, lower left corner.
Dimensions
Height
18 in
Width
6 in
Material
Bleached Linen, Textile Ink, Cardstock, Ribbon
Colors
Color
Blue, Pink, Yellow Ochre, Black
Color Notes
Colors refer to textile inks. Cardstock hanging bar is black; hanging ribbon is red.
