ILLUSTRATED CHRISTMAS GREETINGS INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AMERICAN ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR PAUL RABUT. by Rabut, Paul. (1914-1983). American artist and illustrator - (1945).

(1945)., (1945).. Very good. - A 10-3/4 inch by 6-1/2 inch wide print in black on cream-colored paper depicting the Madonna standing in the bombed-out ruins of a church, holding the baby Jesus in the folds of her robe. "Peace on Earth is printed above the image and "Christmas Greetings from Paul Rabut" below it. At the foot of the sheet the artist has added in ink: "And May 1946 Be a Truly Happy New Year for All! Paul Rabut". The top edge of the print is slightly darkened from offsetting & soiled and there are tiny remnants of paper & 2 glue stains to the verso where the drawing was apparently once mounted to a card. Very good.

American artist and illustrator Paul Rabut studied at the College of the City of New York, the Art School of the National Academy of Design, the Grand Central Art School and the Art Students League. He was widely exhibited and won awards for both editorial and advertising illustrations. Characteristically he researched the subject matter of his assignments so thoroughly that he became an authority on United States history, logging, Northwest Indian culture and artifacts and other primitive art--Oceanic, pre-Colombian, and especially African wood carvings and masks. He was a consultant for collectors and galleries on the subject of primitive art and had one of the finest private collections in the country.