Christmas cards to and from Karl Fortess
name: label: Creator
content: Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993
label: Names
content: Harvig, Margaret
label: Names
content: Tobler, Helen
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Fortess, Karl E. (Karl Eugene), 1907-1993
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Woodstock, New York.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 4 Items
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1951-1953
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fortkare
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Two original Christmas cards sent to Fortess, one from Helen Tobler, 1951, of a watercolor and ink drawing of a woman reading on a park bench, surrounded by squirrels, and the other, a color etching of trees and people, 1953, from Margaret Harvig (?). Also included are a "Holiday Greeting" card sent by the Fortess', with an abstract print on the cover and a surreal landscape drawing of a mask on a tree inside; and a card "Karl and Lillian Fortess" with a drawing of a tree.