Historic New England

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334713

Accession Number: 1984.496.37

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334714

Accession Number: 1984.496.38

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334715

Accession Number: 1984.496.39

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334716

Accession Number: 1984.496.40

Postcard made from a (possibly printed image of a) drawing in black ink of buildings and a street. Initials and year inscribed in the corner of the drawing. Back bears handwritten inscriptions and American postage (New York), as well as an eight-cent Eisenhower stamp.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334717

Accession Number: 1984.496.41

Gropius Christmas Card

Card made from a folded piece of paper. Front bears an attached image which has been folded and had color applied to it to create a symmetrical design. Handwritten inscription inside card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334718

Accession Number: 1984.496.42

Gropius Christmas Card

Piece of cardstock that has been folded in thirds to make a card. The front bears a stylized colored pencil drawing of a figure in profile. Handwritten letter inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), colored pencils, ink

GUSN: 334719

Accession Number: 1984.496.43

Gropius Christmas Card

Block-printed image in black and red on white paper, possibly of a plane with a propeller. Handwritten inscription in green ink on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334720

Accession Number: 1984.496.44

Gropius Christmas Card

Card made from a (possibly printed image of a) line drawing in ink with handwritten inscriptions on the back. Drawing depicts two buildings, trees, a bridge over water, and a swan with cygnets.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334721

Accession Number: 1984.496.45

Gropius Christmas Card

Green paper with a card adhered to the front and handwritten inscriptions. The card bears a geometric design in white and black.

Maker: Teltcher, George Adams, 1904-1983 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334722

Accession Number: 1984.496.46

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from red paper folded in half. Front bears the handwritten word "Joy!" and a collaged spiral shape cut from green felt. Handwritten inscription inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, felt (textile)

GUSN: 334723

Accession Number: 1984.496.47

Gropius Christmas Card

Mixed-media Christmas card with drawings and applications of paint. The front of the card depicts an elephant, ox, human figure, and has handwritten inscriptions. The back depicts a beach with palm trees and a wooded winter scene with a figure in a sled being pulled by an antlered animal. The back a...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), paint (coating)

GUSN: 334724

Accession Number: 1984.496.48

Gropius Christmas Card

Ink on paper, possibly of a stylized branch with leaves, and a red stamp centered along the lower edge.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334725

Accession Number: 1984.496.49

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with a cloud-like design and decorative border made from collaged Japanese rice paper. Now flattened card was originally folded; back bears printed and handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), rice paper (paper), ink

GUSN: 334726

Accession Number: 1984.496.50

Gropius Christmas Card

Ink line drawing of a masked cowboy with handwritten inscriptions on front and back of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334727

Accession Number: 1984.496.51

Gropius Christmas Card

Line drawing in black in on light green paper, depicting an abstracted face with one brow, one eye, a nose, and a mouth surrounded by vertical and horizontal lines. Back bears handwritten inscription.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334728

Accession Number: 1984.496.52

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334729

Accession Number: 1984.496.53

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a print in on paper in dark gray ink. Print depicts five figures with hats in a procession. Back of the card bears handwritten insciptions in green ink.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334730

Accession Number: 1984.496.54

Gropius Christmas Card

Postcard made from a mixed-media image. A print in black ink is affixed to the front and is bordered by shading in blue pencil. The lower border has a New Year's greeting written in blue ink. Handwritten inscriptions on the back of the postcard and postage (possibly Austrian).

Date: 1952

Maker: Baschant, Rudolf, 1897-1955 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), colored pencils, ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334731

Accession Number: 1984.496.55

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a folded piece of brown paper. Design on front includes a printed background in black ink, applications of red, green, and white paint, drawn lines in black ink, and a handwritten inscription. Handwritten inscription inside interior of card as well.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating)

GUSN: 334732

Accession Number: 1984.496.56

Gropius Christmas Card

Card that was once folded, now flattened. Piece of dark blue (possibly rice) paper with silver calligraphy and a red stamp affixed to the front. Handwritten inscription on the back (originally the interior of the card).

Maker: Shinoda, Toko (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334733

Accession Number: 1984.496.57

Gropius Christmas Card

Calligraphy in black ink on white paper with a red seal in the lower right corner. Back may bear additional calligraphy.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334734

Accession Number: 1984.496.58

Gropius Christmas Card

Calligraphy in white ink on dark blue paper.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334735

Accession Number: 1984.496.59

Gropius Christmas Card

Black and white photographic print of an aerial view of a city and partially-constructed building. Handwritten and printed inscriptions on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, ink

GUSN: 334736

Accession Number: 1984.496.60

Gropius Christmas Card

Black and white photographic print of architectural details. Printed and handwritten inscriptions on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: photographic paper, ink

GUSN: 334737

Accession Number: 1984.496.61

Gropius Christmas Card

Grayscale print of a photograph of the front of a building. Handwritten insciptions in two hands on back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334738

Accession Number: 1984.496.62

Gropius Christmas Card

Print (likely screenprinted) of what may be a stylized cathedral in black, red, blue, purple, pink, light gray, and yellow affixed to a white card. The card was folded in half and sealed with gold stickers to create an envelope; the back bears American postage (Seattle, Washington) and handwritten a...

Date: 1961

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, stickers, postage stamps

GUSN: 334739

Accession Number: 1984.496.63

Gropius Christmas Card

Print in black ink on paper of a concentric, overlapping geometric shapes. Each side of the paper was folded at some point in time, possibly to more tightly frame the print. Back bears handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist) Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334740

Accession Number: 1984.496.64

Gropius Christmas Card

Printed image on paper of a work by Josef Albers in grayscale. Handwritten inscriptions on back.

Maker: Albers, Josef, 1888-1976 (Artist) Albers, Anni (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334741

Accession Number: 1984.496.65

Gropius Christmas Card

No description

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 334742

Accession Number: 1984.496.66

Gropius Christmas Card

Brush painting in black and gray on white painting with a red seal. Signed on back.

Maker: Shinoda, Toko

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, graphite pencils

GUSN: 334743

Accession Number: 1984.496.67

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made from a piece of thin cardboard, coated with silver pigment on the front with asian calligraphy. Back is cream with silver speckles and bears handwritten inscriptions.

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, ink

GUSN: 334744

Accession Number: 1984.496.68

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a print in black ink on translucent paper affixed to a piece of off-white paper. Off-white paper has been folded in half to make an envelope of sorts and bears postage (American, New York) on one side. Print depicts a horse-like animal with a speech bubble that says MERRY XM...

Date: 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, postage stamps

GUSN: 334745

Accession Number: 1984.496.69

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with the word NOEL collaged to the front in pieces of decorative paper, sequins, and metallic cord. Handwritten inscription inside.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, sequins (spangles), cord (fiber product)

GUSN: 334746

Accession Number: 1984.496.70

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card made from a long, narrow piece of paper folded in half. One side of the interior bears typed and handwritten inscriptions, the other half has an ink drawing of starfish, a crab claw, and a spiral shell with painted colors. Outside of the card bears a typed address and American postage ...

Date: 1952

Maker: Bruck, F. Frederick, d. 1997 (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, paint (coating), postage stamps

GUSN: 334747

Accession Number: 1984.496.71

Gropius Christmas Card

Greeting card with a print by Kiyoshi Saito on the front and handwritten inscriptions inside.

Date: 1959

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334748

Accession Number: 1984.496.72

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card with flat, hammered metal form stapled to white paper. Handwritten inscription at bottom of card.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, metal, staples

GUSN: 334749

Accession Number: 1984.496.73

Gropius Christmas Card

Christmas card made from a print of a town in black ink and handwritten inscriptions on a piece of red paper, affixed to a piece of silver decorative paper, affixed to a piece of cardboard. The whole thing has been folded in half.

Date: 1950

Maker: unknown

Material: cardboard, paper (fiber product), ink

GUSN: 334750

Accession Number: 1984.496.74

Gropius Christmas Card

New Year's card made from multiple pieces of paper. The exterior is made of a piece of paper with a silver pattern and a piece of brown paper. Four small pieces of paper with asian characters are affixed in a line to the brown paper. Interior is made of a piece of blue and a piece of red paper. An i...

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334751

Accession Number: 1984.496.75

Gropius Christmas Card

Card made from red and brown (may have originally been blue) construction paper folded in thirds. A printed image of "A Lunar Halo" - a bright celestial body over water with a hot air balloon in the midground - is affixed to the interior of the card. Handwritten inscription on the back.

Maker: unknown

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334752

Accession Number: 1984.496.76

Gropius Christmas Card

A bound book of prints in gold and silver inks with text on the front cover.

Maker: Kranz, Kurt, 1910- (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, thread

GUSN: 334753

Accession Number: 1984.496.77

Gropius Christmas Card

Large card made from an outer layer of red paper, folded in half, with a printed image affixed to the interior. Printed image is an illustration of a street celebration with dragon dancers and revelers. Illustration is signed "Chi Chen." Printed inscriptions in gold on front and interior; handwritte...

Maker: Chen, Chi (Artist)

Material: paper (fiber product), ink, adhesive

GUSN: 334754

Accession Number: 1984.496.78