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1958

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1959

  • We acquired this object.

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Christmas Card, American Folk Art Motif

This is a Christmas card. It is dated 1958 and we acquired it in 1959. Its medium is pen and ink, brush and yellow, red, and black watercolor on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Gift of Hedy Backlin.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 15.8 × 8.9 cm (6 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.)

It is inscribed

Inscribed in graphite, vertically, lower left: Folk Art, U.S.A.; in ink, verso: Early American Folk Art Series by E. S. Sabine

Cite this object as

Christmas Card, American Folk Art Motif; pen and ink, brush and yellow, red, and black watercolor on paper; H x W: 15.8 × 8.9 cm (6 1/4 × 3 1/2 in.); Gift of Hedy Backlin; 1959-22-1

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