1980 (made)
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Many artists, designers, photographers and other creative workers make their own Christmas cards for private use in which their abiding themes and issues may be seen in concentrated form. The photographer Roger Mayne uses the name David Tremayne when working in other media such as this small landscape etching he presented as his Christmas card for 1980.
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Materials and techniques | Etching on paper |
Brief description | Christmas card by David Tremayne/Roger Mayne |
Physical description | Folded paper with printed image on front |
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Production type | Limited edition |
Marks and inscriptions | Best Wishes / for '81 / Roger / [I am defecting as David Tremayne] (Inside, hand-written in ink) |
Gallery label | Meaning
Is a greeting card anything made - be it a wooden plaque or a paper lantern - to convey a message or greeting or to mark an event or occasion? Is it a particular format - something that opens and closes, an object type - something disposable made of ephemeral materials, or a medium of communication - including performing telegrams and virtual cards sent by e-mail? Artists in various media have begun to address the greetings card phenomenon for a variety of reasons - with some intriguing results. Every Christmas, the fine art handling company, Momart, commissions an artist to create a limited edition gift which it sends out as its corporate greeting. Meanwhile, many artists, designers, photographers and other creative workers make their own Christmas cards in which their investigations of self, gender, the body, death and the sacred may be seen in concentrated form.(15-6-2000) |
Credit line | Given by Mark Haworth-Booth |
Production | David Tremayne is a pseudonym of the photographer Roger Mayne Reason For Production: Private |
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Summary | Many artists, designers, photographers and other creative workers make their own Christmas cards for private use in which their abiding themes and issues may be seen in concentrated form. The photographer Roger Mayne uses the name David Tremayne when working in other media such as this small landscape etching he presented as his Christmas card for 1980. |
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Accession number | E.171-2000 |
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Record created | March 28, 2000 |
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