Lot 958: Five (5) Menaboni Coca Cola Christmas Cards, 1968, 1956, 1954, 1949, 1942

Grouping of five (5) Christmas cards designed by the artist Athos Menaboni (Italy/Georgia, 1895-1990) for the Coca-Cola executive Robert W. Woodruff, includes 1942, 1949, 1954, 1956, and 1968.  Each card represents a bird found at Robert W. Woodruff’s Ichauway Plantation. 9 in. H x 6 1/4 in. W. Note: Every year, beginning in 1941 and through 1984, Menaboni painted a bird that could be found at Wooduff’s Georgia plantation, Ichauway, or his ranch in Wyoming. Woodruff had them lithographed on large cards he and his wife mailed to family and friends, wishing them a “Merry Christmas.” (Source: https://trouphistory.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/amchristmas)

PROVENANCE: Acquired at an estate sale in Georgia.

CONDITION: All cards with very light wear to the top margin. the 1956 card with slight bending to the upper 2 corners. The 1968 card with red marker inscription to the back.