Confederate Christmas

This is Mort Künstler limited edition print - Confederate Christmas.

LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
Paper Prints
Reproduction technique: Fine offset lithography on neutral pH archival quality paper using the finest fade-resistant inks.
Each print is numbered and signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Image Size: 18” x 25½” • Overall Size: 24½” x 30½”
Signed & Numbered • Edition Size: 1250
Signed Artist’s Proof • Edition Size: 50
Signed Patron’s Edition • Edition Size: 200

Giclée Canvas Prints
Reproduction technique: Giclées are printed with the finest archival pigmented inks on canvas.
Each print is numbered and signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity.

Masterpiece Collection 25” x 43”
Signed & Numbered • Edition Size: 35
Signed Artist’s Proof • Edition Size: 5

Originally released as a paper print in October of 1992, this image continues to rank as one of Künstler’s most cherished and sought-after, which is now virtually impossible to find anywhere at any price.

This unique and rare collectible giclée is now being offered to the serious collector as a large format giclée on canvas, limited to 35 canvases, plus artist's proofs.

Historical Information
Winter’s icy blast has come, heralding the arrival of a Christmas far away from home and family. The soldiers must share the pleasures of the holiday amongst themselves, without loved ones, but not without some merriment. Some have brandished an axe to retrieve a Yuletide tree for the camp, and perhaps St. Nicholas will pay a visit to these men so far from home. Will he leave behind simple, yet much needed, gifts as new socks, a scarf, or a shirt? Perhaps it will be a box sent from family and friends they miss. No matter, for these men will decorate the tree with pieces of hardtack and bright paper. From modest haversacks will come a feast, and a bottle of spirits produced to enliven and warm the day. During the few hours of peace, they have their celebration. A lonely young soldier raises his voice in song:

“Never forget the dear ones, around the social hearth, sunny smiles of gladness, the songs of artless mirth; other scene may woo thee, in other lands to roam, never forget the dear ones, that cluster round thy home” *

*Excerpt from “Never Forget the Dear Ones”, by George F. Root.