- Created by
- Unidentified
- Subject of
- Still, William Grant, American, 1895 - 1978
- Date
- 1937
- Medium
- ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (Sheet): 5 1/2 × 3 1/2 in. (14 × 8.9 cm)
- H x W (Image): 5 1/16 × 3 1/16 in. (12.9 × 7.8 cm)
- Description
- A holiday card sent from William Grant Still to Mr. Frank H. Bolner[?].
- An off white piece of paper mounted on similar color 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 staff with musical notes above [LENOX AVENUE AND I / WISH YOU / A HAPPY NEW YEAR] printed in black. Beneath the purple square 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.]. The back of the card is blank.
- Place depicted
- Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Los Angeles, California, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Media Arts-Photography
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance (New Negro Movement)
- Type
- greeting cards
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2015.97.38.3
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.