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Birthday card

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Title

Birthday card

Subject

In the permanent collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art (Santa Fe, NM).

Description

Winter scene with adobe house with all interior light on, five horses tied up in front. Birthday with inscription of: "What's Going on in there?/ Why, it's Becky's Birthday-Hooraa-" On back: "Happy Birthday to You. Winnie and Bernie 1949"

Creator

Oscar Berninghaus

Date

1949

Rights

Image and information provided by NMMoA through illustrated checklist.

Identifier

NMMoA catalog number: 2246.23D

Provenance

Bequest of the Rebecca Salsbury James Estate, 1968.

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Gouache and chalk on gray wove paper

Physical Dimensions

chalk on gray wove paper
6 x 8 in.

Collection

Taos Society of Artists Works Held by Public Institutions

Tags

Birthday Card, Chalk, Drawing, Gouache, New Mexico Museum of Art, Oscar E. Berninghaus

Citation

Oscar Berninghaus, “Birthday card,” Lunder Research Center, accessed April 10, 2026, https://lunderresearchcenter.omeka.net/items/show/702.

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