Four Nativity scenes

1941

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Christmas cards comissioned by Commonweal magazine. Probably printed by Albert Carman in New York, who worked with Charlot to produce a series of color lithographs 1936-42, and who gave a group of Charlot Christmas cards to the Met in 1944, together with other cards he had printed.

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Title: Four Nativity scenes
Artist: Jean Charlot (French, Paris 1898–1979 Honolulu, Hawaii)
Printer: Albert Carman (American, 1899–1949)
Date: 1941
Medium: Color lithographs on zinc
Dimensions: Sheet: 9 15/16 in. × 8 in. (25.2 × 20.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Gift of Albert Carman, 1944
Object Number: 44.42.16
Rights and Reproduction: © 2026 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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