Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
November 20, 2009 - January 17, 2010
Exhibited in Washington, D.C. at the Fleischman Gallery
As store ads fill your mailbox at home and spam fills your inbox at work, rekindle your holiday spirit with hand-made holiday cards. The cards featured in this exhibition offer insight into how artists imagined the holidays. Collectively these holiday cards confirm the irrepressible artistry of their senders.
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Werner Drewes Christmas card to unidentified recipient, ca. 1966
Creator: Werner Drewes
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Un-Ichi Hiratsuka Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, 1970
Creator: Un-Ichi Hiratsuka
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Jane H. Jones Christmas card to Eugenie Gershoy, 1956 Dec. 14
Creator: Jane H. Jones
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Michael Ponce de Leon Christmas card to Jacob Kainen, 1965 or 1966
Creator: Michael Ponce de Leon
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Mari and George Eade holiday card to Leonard Bocour, December 1969
Creator: Mari Eade
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Michael Clark, New York, N.Y. christmas card to Jacob Kainen, Chevy Chase, Md., Dec. 1977
Creator: Michael Clark
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Bernard Childs Christmas card to Eugenie Gershoy, 1981
Creator: Bernard Childs
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Galeria Bonino holiday card containing a work by Fletcher Chapman Benton titled Miniature synchronetic C 553-OR, 1969
Creator: Bonino Gallery
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Dorothy & Irwin Hoffman Christmas card, 1949
Creator: Irwin D. Hoffman
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Frank di Gioia holiday card, 1957
Creator: Frank Di Gioia
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
F. Douglas Greenbowe Christmas card to unidentified recipient, ca. 1950
Creator: F. Douglas Greenbowe
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Dan Flavin christmas card to Andrew A. Bucci, 1963
Creator: Dan Flavin
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Mario Carreño with sketch, 1930
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Pablo Cano, Miami, Fla. Christmas card to Helen L. Kohen, Miami, Fla., 1989
Creator: Pablo Cano
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Arturo Rodríguez to Helen L. Kohen, ca. 1980-1999
Creator: Arturo Rodríguez
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Ray Gloeckler Christmas card to James Mullen, ca. 1978
Creator: Raymond Gloeckler
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Minnie S. Martin Christmas card to James Mullen, ca. 1966
Creator: Minnie S. Martin
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Bruce North Christmas card to James Mullen, ca. 1996
Creator: Bruce North
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
George Zoretich Christmas card to James Mullen, 1971
Creator: George Zoretich
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Robert Indiana greeting card to Dorothy C. Miller, 1964
Creator: Robert Indiana
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Frances Foote Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, between 1907 and 1991
Creator: Frances Foote
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Edward F. Dickerson christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, December 19, 1959
Creator: Edward F. Dickerson
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Alexandra Darrow christmas card to unidentified recipient, 1957
Creator: Alexandra Darrow
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Noche Crist christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, ca. 1962
Creator: Noche Crist
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Abril Lamarque Christmas card, Between 1920 and 1945
Creator: Abril Lamarque
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Christmas card from Alfred Frueh to Wood Gaylor, Between 1921 and 1945
Creator: Alfred Joseph Frueh
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Alexander Calder holiday card, 1930
Creator: Alexander Calder
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Hanne Darboven christmas card to Leo Castelli, 1992
Creator: Hanne Darboven
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Ambrose Patterson Christmas card to Guy Anderson, 1952
Creator: Ambrose Patterson
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Philip Reisman holiday card, 195-
Creator: Philip Reisman
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Nickolas Muray and Ruzzie Green Christmas card, 1937
Creator: Nickolas Muray
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Carlos Botelho, Lisbon, Portugal christmas card to Harold Weston, 1963 Dec. 18
Creator: Carlos Botelho
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Robert Freiman Christmas card, 1940-1960
Creator: Robert Freiman
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Edward Valentine Christmas card, between 1911 and 1930
Creator: Edward Virginius Valentine
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Allen Tupper True design for a Christmas card, 193-?
Creator: Allen Tupper True
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Elizabeth Davey Lochrie Christmas card to W. Langdon Kihn, 19--
Creator: Elizabeth Davey Lochrie
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Sally & James Mullen holiday card to unidentified recipient, 1991
Creator: James M. (James Martin) Mullen
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
William T. Wiley christmas card to Jimmy Jalapeeno, 1979
Creator: William T. Wiley
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Carson Davenport Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, 1960
Creator: Carson Davenport
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
John von Wicht holiday card to unidentified recipient, between 1950 and 1970
Creator: John Von Wicht
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Helen Gerardia Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, 1972
Creator: Helen Gerardia
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Michael Bidlo Christmas card to Leo Castelli, 198-?
Creator: Michael Bidlo
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Kathleen Spagnolo Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, 19--
Creator: Kathleen Mary Spagnolo
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Walter Hahn Christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 1959
Creator: Walter Hahn
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Don Baum Christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 19--
Creator: Don Baum
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Ray Yoshida christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 19--
Creator: Ray Yoshida
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Peter Hunt Christmas card, 19--
Creator: Peter Hunt
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Gertrude Lagerstrom, Chicago, Ill. christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 18 Dec. 1955
Creator: Gertrude Lagerstrom
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Jean Gerometta christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, 19--
Creator: Jean Gerometta
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Holiday card from Bill Brincka to Ethel Spears and Kathleen Blackshear, 19--
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Edwin Boyd Johnson, Chicago, Ill. christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear, Chicago, Ill., 1937
Creator: Edwin Boyd Johnson
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Ed Bisese Christmas card to Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1992
Creator: Ed Bisese
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Walt Kuhn Christmas card, 1940
Creator: Walt Kuhn
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Allen Tupper True Christmas card to unidentified recipient, between 1930 and 1955
Creator: Allen Tupper True
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Holiday card design of deer in snow, between 1930 and 1979
Creator: Paul Bransom
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Holiday card design, 195-?
Creator: Frederick Hammersley
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Miné Okubo christmas card to unidentified recipient, 1959
Creator: Miné Okubo
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Anton Refregier Christmas card to Jacob Kainen, 1971
Creator: Anton Refregier
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Julia Thecla holiday card to Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears, 19--
Creator: Julia Thecla
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Carolee Schneeman christmas card to Joseph Cornell, 196-?
Creator: Carolee Schneemann
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Lenore Tawney, New York, N.Y. christmas card to Maryette Charlton, New York, N.Y., 1965 Dec.
Creator: Lenore Tawney
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Season's Greetings: Holiday Cards from the Archives of American Art
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Christmas card to Arthur Danto, 1992
Creator: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
