Christmas Card

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Artist/Maker	Hockney, David (artist)
Place of origin	California (made)

This Christmas greetings card, a colour xerox of an image by Hockney, was sent to his friends by the artist in 1991. The image of a landscape with great chunks missing from the hills, combined with the caption: Try and have a merry Christmas this year, 1991' is clearly an allusion to the absence of loved ones who have died through having contracted AIDS.

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Categories	Christmas Death Greeting Cards
Object type	Christmas card
Materials and techniques	Colour xerox on paper Paper Photocopying
Brief description	Print by David Hockney, Christmas card with the caption 'Try and Have a Merry Christmas This Year 1991', colour xerox, California 1991
Physical description	A Christmas card depicting an abstracted multi coloured image of a landscape with great chunks missing from the hills. The card is captioned 'TRY AND HAVE / A MERRY CHRISTMAS THIS YEAR 1991'.
Dimensions	Sheet height: 21.7cm Sheet width: 35.6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1992
Marks and inscriptions	'love from David and all at 7506' (Inscribed)
Credit line	Given by Mark Haworth-Booth
Subjects depicted	AIDS Landscape Hills
Summary	This Christmas greetings card, a colour xerox of an image by Hockney, was sent to his friends by the artist in 1991. The image of a landscape with great chunks missing from the hills, combined with the caption: Try and have a merry Christmas this year, 1991' is clearly an allusion to the absence of loved ones who have died through having contracted AIDS.
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1992
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1142-1992

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Record created	March 21, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O148038/christmas-card-hockney-david/

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