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Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists
Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists | Mary Savig
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Handmade Holiday Cards 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. Handmade Holiday Cards offers 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 introduction by archives specialist Mary Savig explores the intersections between commercial holiday cards and the art world--how holiday cards were first marketed as "affordable art" and how selling their art to card companies often provided income for artists in lean times. She then opens up the more intimate dimensions of an artist's social network, illuminating their relationships with dealers, curators, teachers, and close friends. Captions introduce each artist, compare or contrast the holiday card to his/her body of work, and discuss the relationship to the recipient when relevant. 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.
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LibrarianRyan
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Princess.ofthe.pages Just ordered my cards, so excited!! 1y
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LibrarianRyan @Princess.ofthe.pages yeah!!! 1y
TheBookHippie YAYAYAYAYAYAYAY!!!! Thank you for all your hard work!! 1y
TheBookHippie Oh I don't have one, gads. social@bookhippie.com 1y
LibrarianRyan @TheBookHippie I just sent you a new copy of the list. 1y
TheBookHippie GOT IT!!! WHOOOOPIE!! 1y
MittenGirlPeach Yay! I have the list. Looking forward to spreading card cheer! 1y
LocalTXLibrarian Yay! Looking forward to sending cards out! ❤️ 1y
Laughterhp Got it! Thanks! 1y
PatriciaU Am not seeing the list. 1y
Read4life 💙 1y
jenniferw88 Can you send me the list again please? It's not come through. irene_gulliver@yahoo.co.uk 1y
LKK526 Got my cards ready 📫🕎🎄 1y
emz711 @LaurLaurN18 next time! 1y
Chrissyreadit Mine did not arrive yet. 1y
BarkingMadRead Got the email! 1y
BookwormAHN Mine didn't arrive either. 1y
Bookzombie I just checked and I didn‘t get the list. Can you resend please? 🙂 (edited) 1y
DebinHawaii I looked through my email & junk/SPAM too & don‘t see it. Can you resend when you have a minute? debinhawaii@gmail.com 1y
shellleigh33 I haven‘t got mine either. Can you please resend it shell@maxxsouth.net 1y
S3V3N I received it. Thank you. 1y
cwarnier 🌲 🌲 💗 💜 💙 💖 🌲 1y
EclecticBookLover I'm missing the list too, could you send it again, please? Fasyankee22 @ aol.com 1y
BookwormAHN Got it this time, thank you 😺 1y
EclecticBookLover Got it! Thank you! 💙 1y
Bookzombie Got it now! Thank you!! 1y
Chrissyreadit Got it!!!! 1y
Nutmegnc Got it!! 1y
DebinHawaii Got it now! Thank you! 🤗 1y
sailu112 Got it, thank you 😊 1y
Catsandbooks Got it! Thanks! 1y
HeyT Got my list thanks! 1y
ShelleyBooksie Got jr 1y
TieDyeDude I too was in the middle of nowhere this weekend, but list now received. 1y
Erinsuereads Got mine! 1y
LocalTXLibrarian I know this is a holiday card swap with an emphasis on the cards...but are we allowed to send small gift items within our card, too? I was thinking of sending some holiday coloring bookmarks along with my card? 1y
LibrarianRyan @LocalTXLibrarian absolutly. Stickers and book marks are pretty common. One year someone sent flat suckers. It is perfectly okay. Do what makes you festive. 😁 1y
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @LibrarianRyan

Hey all this is just a reminder at the Holiday #cardswap.

You can send within the US, Internationally, or Both. Signs open til Thanksgiving.

https://forms.gle/ThxJ8BRXLgPkjMw48

Any questions just ask. THIS IS HOLIDAY CARDS ONLY.

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LibrarianRyan
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Hey all this is just a reminder at the Holiday #cardswap.

You can send within the US, Internationally, or Both. Signs open til Thanksgiving.

https://forms.gle/ThxJ8BRXLgPkjMw48

Any questions just ask. THIS IS HOLIDAY CARDS ONLY.

TheBookHippie 💌 I am so excited!!! And ready ! 😂 1y
Allylu I love sending and receiving cards! 1y
TheBookHippie Just stalking the site to see if matches have been sent! HAHAHAHA. Hope you re well! 1y
LibrarianRyan @TheBookHippie I just got back from the land of no internet. They will go out this afternoon after everyone leaves. 1y
TheBookHippie @LibrarianRyan ♥️ no rush. 😂😅 how wonderful to visit that land. 1y
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LitsyEvents
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Repost for @LibrarianRyan

I will be hosting the #HolidayCardSwap again this year. The only thing you send is a card. It does not matter your religion or lack of religion. If you like sending and receiving holiday cards then this is the swap for you. Sign ups will run up to US Thanksgiving, and Lists will be out to members by Cyber Monday. You can choose to send US only, ALL international or Both.

https://forms.gle/7hMN81UwEw23MDMs6

LibrarianRyan Thank you ❤️❤️❤️ 1y
ShelleyBooksie LOVE this swap!! 1y
Addison_Reads @LocalTXLibrarian Here's the card swap I was telling you about. Sign-ups end on Thanksgiving day though. 1y
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cwarnier
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So I decided to organize my earrings with cute boxes made from Christmas cards. It was so fun getting them, and now they are useful.
#cardswap @LibrarianRyan

KateReadsYA Wow so creative :) 2y
cwarnier @kateReadsYA I use to make them all the time as a kid and loved it. 2y
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Kshakal I love this!!! 2y
Amiable So cute! 2y
S3V3N Great idea! 2y
Read4life So beautiful & creative 💙 2y
Kayla.Adriena Made bookmarks out of mine ❤ 2y
shellleigh33 They are so beautiful and such a creative idea 2y
Nute What a very creative idea! 2y
Catsandbooks Such a great idea!! 2y
cwarnier @Kayla.Adriena I want to make bookmarks out of mine now. What a clever idea. 2y
BookwormAHN Cute 💙 2y
TheSpineView What a great idea!💜 2y
Nutmegnc No way!! How clever!! 💯💯💯 2y
TheBookHippie Awe!!! How lovely! What a wonderful idea!! 2y
kimmypete1 Cute! 2y
Crazeedi That is very awesome!! I'm thinking of making cards for next year from mine! But making these boxes is a great idea too. And bookmarks!! Yay!!! 2y
LibrarianRyan I‘m using one of my cards for my 2022 book journal cover. 2y
Nutmegnc @LibrarianRyan that‘s a great idea!! (edited) 2y
Allylu Cool! I want to make some! 2y
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Nutmegnc
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More joy from #litsycardswap @booklover3258 a kitty 🌵!! 😻😻😻@read4life cool card and you have the neatest handwriting!! @bookish_wookish a tree of books?!! @kimmypete1 Such a sparkly scene! @EclecticBookLover warmest wishes to you! @shellleigh33 thanks for the coolest sticker! @TheBookHippie Seriously gorgeous postcard *googles paperfrenzy* @LibrarianRyan Grogu! @TheSpineView lovely woodland creatures! These have all brought me so much joy!!!

LibrarianRyan 🌟❤️😁 2y
Read4life 💙🤓🖊 2y
rockpools Wishing you happy holidays and a wonderful new year! Thank you so much for your card and message 😊 2y
Nutmegnc @rockpools you are so welcome! Happy New Year!! 2y
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Ash.on.the.line
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I had been gone from home for a few days and came back to so many amazing cards! 😍 I could feel the love 🥰 put them all on my shelf and I love how it looks so far! ❤️❤️❤️ #litsylove also may work for decorated shelf in the selfie scavenger hunt. 😁

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Awesome ❤️💌💚 2y
BookwormAHN ❄💙❄ 2y
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TheBookHippie
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More 💌💌💌💌went 📬

#litsycardswap #litsylove #mail #holiday

Nute Cute post, Christine! 2y
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Catsandbooks
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I love this swap! Simply send holiday cards to each other! Sign up on @LibrarianRyan page ❄️☃️

LibrarianRyan Thanks 2y
Texreader I love it so much too! Unfortunately with my trial now in December I‘m going to be lucky to send to my regular mailing list. And I love making Christmas cards but sadly that‘s come off the list as well. I‘m so going to miss all my Litten friends‘s cards! 2y
Catsandbooks @Texreader aw that's too bad. Thank goodness there's always next year! 2y
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Kimberlone
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Counting this as a selfie since my hand is in it. I‘m not big on holiday cards (my family never took Christmas photos or sent cards out), but I prepared a couple to send to my bf‘s family on the East Coast. Both cards and the ornaments I sent along with them are locally handmade.

#SelfieScavengerHunt #WinterGames #TeamRedNosedReindeer @StayCurious

Trashcanman We all invent ourselves ❤ 3y
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Catsandbooks
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Cards were sent today! #holidaycardswap

LibrarianRyan yeahhhh 3y
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Jadams89
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5 hours later...my #cardswap cards are all addressed and stamped. It probably wouldn‘t have taken as long if I hadn‘t kept triple checking all my mailing lists and debating over just which card I wanted to send to each person.
I started on cards for #WinterGames, but I ran out of stamps 🙄

Anyway, these should be in the mail tomorrow. Thanks for hosting @LibrarianRyan !

LibrarianRyan Yeahhh. I did bugs bunny stamps. I over bought but I also haven‘t gotten personal cards ready only card swap so we shall see. Good luck. 3y
Crazeedi I have 150 postcards and 178 cards waiting... 3y
BookwormAHN I just ordered 80 cards online and have about 25 already here. Now I just get the stamps and start filling them out 🤞🏻 3y
Texreader Yikes! I‘m way behind!! 3y
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LibrarianRyan
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Hey Everyone, Card Swap info JUST went out. Sorry I am a day late.

Also, I forgot to put my own address on the thing. Pardon my blond moment. You don't need to send me a card if you don't want to of it you are international only. But if you do, I will put my address below.

#CardSwap

@lizpixie
@teebe
@Heideschrampf
@shelleybooksie
@lynnsoprano
@BookwormAHN
@bookish_wookish
@jdiehr
@Texreader
@quietjenn
@BayouGirl85
@mommyincolor

LibrarianRyan 1424 N MacArthur Blvd. 3y
LibrarianRyan Springfield, IL 62702 3y
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Texreader Yay!!! Thank you! 3y
Lynnsoprano So excited! 3y
Sleepswithbooks I have that washi tape roll too 🙃 It‘s fun!!!! 3y
TheSpineView Awesome! Thanks! 3y
Eggs Thanks @LibrarianRyan 🥳🥰 I‘ll be sending you a card too❤️❤️ 3y
Bookishlie Of course you get a card!!!!! 3y
Crazeedi Of course I want to mail one to you!!💜 3y
Wonderwoman89 I am sending you one 3y
coffeewithbooks Oh dang I miss the card swap 😞 3y
NeedsMoreBooks Thank you for organizing this ❤️❤️ 3y
mommyincolortv I just received ny cards and thanked everyone. But I am so embarrassed to say I forgot all about the swap 😔 Am I too late to participate? I really want to do my part. 3y
LibrarianRyan @mommyincolor not at all. Send them out anytime. Do you still have the email with the list? If not, I can try to resend it. 3y
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StayCurious
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#WinterGames Team #ReadNosedReindeer Starting to feel festive with the start of December and seeing all your wonderful wintery posts! I have holiday cards to send and as a nice touch I wanted some of them to be handmade - but I‘m lacking in time this month so I got some handmade cards from my sisters - I‘m loving these! @Clwojick

Crazeedi Those are beautiful! I wanted to make some cards, but I'm thinking I'll work on some to send out in the new year❤❤❤ 4y
SaturnDoo Those are gorgeous!!! I've never made cards but maybe I should try...🙈🙈🙈 nonono I have dibble and dabble in too many crafts already 😂 4y
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