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Singing Birds with Cello

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Vertical rectangle. A red bird with fanned tail and closed eyes sits on a decorated stool while singing and playing the cello. Groups of six gold dots scattered throughout composition. At upper right, a smaller green bird in flight, holding in its open beak a gold curving ornament. At lower right, a black bird with red fanned tail standing and singing. At upper left, a gold ornament hanging from the top edge of the card.

Credit Line

Gift of Anonymous Donor

Date

1958

Accession Number

1959-27-1-g

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

ephemera

Object Name

Christmas card

Type

Christmas card

Medium

Lithograph on paper

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ea27948c-21df-4ef4-a704-827d51ef73f6

Record ID

chndm_1959-27-1-g

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