"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," 1952

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Artifact Overview

Saul Steinberg (1914-1999), a Romanian-born US immigrant, had a multifaceted artistic career, exhibiting his works in museums and galleries nationally and internationally. He is best remembered for his humorous, whimsical line drawings created for the New Yorker magazine over more than six decades beginning in the 1940s. Steinberg was equally adept at design, producing advertisements and designing textiles and Christmas cards.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Christmas card

Date Made

1952

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

84.9.1.3482

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Printing (Process)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 6.25 in
Width: 5 in

"Merry Christmas and Happy New Year," 1952