Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Buy the book Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th Century Artists
By Mary Savig
Published September 2012, by Smithsonian Books
Illustrated with 190 beautifully reproduced cards from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, this book offers a private look into the personal holiday art and correspondence between a variety of American artists, their friends, and family.
Handmade Holiday Cards illustrates and contextualizes a broad range of one-of-a-kind artworks or limited edition print series by well-known artists such as Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Robert Indiana, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Robert Motherwell, Nickolas Muray, and Ad Reinhardt. It will appeal to anyone interested in greeting cards, ephemeral art, illustrated correspondence, and the history of American art.
Holiday Happy Hour and book signing with author Mary Savig
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
5:30 to 8:30 pm
Café Saint-Ex, 1847 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
Books will be available for sale. Open to the public, free admission, cash bar. Music provided by DJ
Neville C.
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Arturo Rodríguez to Helen L. Kohen, ca. 1980-1999
Creator: Arturo Rodríguez
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Charles Ephraim Burchfield letter to Louise Burchfield, 1933
Creator: Charles Ephraim Burchfield
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Philip Guston Christmas card to Elise Asher, 195-?
Creator: Philip Guston
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Un-ichi Hiratsuka holiday card to Jacob Kainen, 1973
Creator: Un-Ichi Hiratsuka
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Sally & James Mullen holiday card to unidentified recipient, 1991
Creator: James M. (James Martin) Mullen
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Nassos Daphnis holiday card to George Constant, 19--
Creator: Nassos Daphnis
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Ray Johnson Christmas card to Helen DeMott, between 1927 and 1995
Creator: Ray Johnson
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Jane H. Jones Christmas card to Eugenie Gershoy, 1956 Dec. 14
Creator: Jane H. Jones
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears Christmas card to Andrew A. Bucci, 1964
Creator: Kathleen Blackshear
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Janet LaSalle Christmas card to Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears, 196-?
Creator: Janet LaSalle
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Susan Rhodes christmas card to David Ireland, ca. 1980
Creator: Susan Rhodes
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Alexander Calder holiday card, 1930
Creator: Alexander Calder
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Warrington Colescott holiday card to Ray Gloeckler, 2003 Dec. 23
Creator: Warrington Colescott
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Harry Haenigsen holiday card to Alfred J. Frueh, 193-?
Creator: Harry Haenigsen
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Nickolas Muray and Ruzzie Green Christmas card, 1936
Creator: Nickolas Muray
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Milton Avery holiday card to Fred and Adelaide Morris Gardner, not after 1965
Creator: Milton Avery
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Richard Tuttle Christmas card to Samuel Wagstaff, 196-
Creator: Richard Tuttle
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Karl Priebe Christmas card to Gertrude Abercrombie, 1952
Creator: Karl Priebe
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Henriette Mueller Christmas card to unidentified recipient, 195-?
Creator: Henriette Mueller
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Holiday card from Bill Brincka to Ethel Spears and Kathleen Blackshear, 19--
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Christmas card to Arthur Danto, 1992
Creator: Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Ed Bisese Christmas card to Herbert Waide Hemphill, Jr., 1992
Creator: Ed Bisese
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Carl M. Schultheiss holiday card to Ralph Fabri, 19--
Creator: Carl M. Schultheiss
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Ray Gloeckler Christmas card to James Mullen, ca. 1978
Creator: Raymond Gloeckler
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Miné Okubo christmas card to unidentified recipient, 1959
Creator: Miné Okubo
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Moses Soyer letter to Daniel Soyer, 196-
Creator: Moses Soyer
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Holiday card design, 195-?
Creator: Frederick Hammersley
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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Andrew A. Bucci Christmas card to Prentiss Taylor, 19--
Creator: Andrew A. Bucci
