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Print

1980 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Etching on paper
Brief description
Christmas card by David Tremayne/Roger Mayne
Physical description
Folded paper with printed image on front
Dimensions
  • Height: 17.3cm
  • Closed width: 22.1cm
  • (irregular) open width: 37.9cm
Production typeLimited 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
Subject depicted
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.
Collection
Accession number
E.171-2000

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Record createdMarch 28, 2000
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