Season's greetings
Subtitle: handmade holiday cards from twentieth-century artists
By: [Mary Savig ; foreword by Faythe Levine]
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781588343307
Subjects: American Art; ART / American / General; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Papercrafts; Miscellanea; Greeting cards; Artists; ART / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General; Archives of American Art
Description: "Using handmade holiday cards by American artists from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, Season's Greetings shows how artists imagined the holidays through original watercolors, etchings, silk-screen prints, and drawings. Rarely seen beyond the eyes of their recipients, these cards confirm the irrepressible artistry of their senders and offer personal insight into the style and sentiment of artists, including how they summed up the year's events in their own lives and the world in which they lived. The cards add an intimate dimension to an artist's social network, illuminating their relationships with dealers, curators, teachers, and close friends"--