Vintage Andrew Szoeke Hallmark Christmas Card

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Vintage Andrew Szoeke Hallmark Christmas Card:
$10.00

<Vintage Andrew Szoeke Hallmark Christmas Cards Description

Andrew Szoeke is well known among collectors of mid-20th-century furniture, but he\'s also famous in some circles for the designs he created for Hallmark, including the version of the crown logo that the greeting-card company has been using for the past 65 years.

Szoeke, who immigrated to the United States from Vienna in 1921, developed a style rooted in the Central European tradition that birthed the Bauhaus school. In addition to designing furniture with wood imported from Europe, he worked as a calligrapher and illustrator for advertising agencies and publishers. Szoeke also dressed windows for Fifth Avenue department stores. In 1948, his lettering on a sign in the window of Bergdorf Goodman caught the eye of a Hallmark executive, which led to a 20-year consulting gig. During that time, Szoeke conducted master classes for the company’s greeting-card designers.

He used to design a new card yearly for Hallmark and part of the fun was always to find his signature, as it was known he would always imbed it in his design. His only son has recently died, and the card listed here is from his collection. I have several other designs as well to list.

Condition

Card is brand new, never used.
Have 8 of these which are unusual with the gold stamped figures on either side.
His cards are always 8 3/4\' wide and 3 3/4\" tall with some hinged on the side, while others are hinged on the top.
This one is hinged on the top and I\'ve included a picture showing it standing/opened.
Each card comes with an envelope.
I\'ve also included a close-up of his hidden embedded signature.
These are one of a kind museum pieces with very few existing outside of Hallmark\'s museum where I\'ve been admitted as a distant relative!
This card is embossed on high end white weave strong paper.