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1954

  • Work on this object began.

1957

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Greeting Cards, Christmas Card

This is a Greeting cards. It was created by Fritz Kredel. It is dated December 13, 1954 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is wooblock print in black ink, brush and watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Unknown. It is credited Gift of Anonymous Donor .

Its dimensions are

18.2 × 14 cm (7 3/16 × 5 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in print, lower center: MERRY CHRISTMAS / AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR / ANNIE AND FRITZ KREDEL; in graphite, upper right: 13 Dec 54

Cite this object as

Greeting Cards, Christmas Card; Fritz Kredel (b. 1900); wooblock print in black ink, brush and watercolor on paper; 18.2 × 14 cm (7 3/16 × 5 1/2 in.); Gift of Anonymous Donor ; 1957-26-1-a

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