Christmas card
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle. In blue print on white paper, depiction of three male figures, the three wise men presenting gifts to the newborn baby Jesus Christ, each holding a vase or vessel in a different form and wearing clothing made up of a variety of patterns. At left, a dark-skinned figure with a bird perched at his head. At right, a standing figure wearing a hat and a long coat. At center, a kneeling figure with long hair and a hat. Background made up of abstracted foliage, with swirling leaf and flower forms. At lower left, a small temple in classical style with columns and triangular pediment, a multi-story tower in the background.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Anonymous Donor
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 1958-32-1-j
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- ephemera
- Christmas card
- Medium
- Print on paper
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1958-32-1-j
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4a14d327b-1594-4e45-9c17-57e394ad3ad0
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