Sujet

Holiday card from William Grant Still, 1937. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

New Year card sent by African-American composer William Grant Still (1895-1978) to Mr. Frank H. Bolner[?]. An off white piece of paper mounted on similar colour card stock, with a purple square piece of paper mounted on the right side. The purple square has a geometric border design in black and features a stave with musical notes above [LENOX AVENUE AND I / WISH YOU / A HAPPY NEW YEAR] printed in black. Behind is a printed illustration of gradient golden brown holly leaves and berries along with two perpendicular ribbon stripes printed in gold. In the bottom right corner, handwritten in black ink is [To Mr. Frank H. Bolner, / with sincere wishes / William Grant Still / Dec 28, 1937 / Los Angeles, Cal.].

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A78_181

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

118,9Mo (5,3Mo) / 43,8cm x 68,0cm / 5178 x 8028 (300dpi)

Mots clés

nature people black music plant plants arts country card museum color design holly location century treble clef thirties concept New Year African American African-American afro-american greeting card United States of America Colour graphic design 1930s 20th century culture heritage American America USA greetings card united states Unknown Ink on paper New Year Card common holly Ilex aquifolium cultural heritage Black History Heritage Art National Museum of African American History and Culture NMAAHC Harlem Renaissance New Negro Movement greeting cards William Grant Still Still William Grant William Grant Still Jr.