- Place of origin:
Korea (printed)
Japan (published) - Date:
late 20th century (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Seoul Greetings Co. Ltd. (manufacturers)
J Kamika (publisher) - Materials and Techniques:
Lithography and foil blocking on embossed, die-cut and folded card, with electronic chip
- Credit Line:
Given by Jill Ritblat
- Museum number:
E.169-2000
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case GG, shelf 221
Though descended from the European figures of Saint Nicholas and Father Christmas, Santa Claus in his modern form first appeared in mid-twentieth-century American adverts for Coca Cola. In this card by a South Korean manufacturer for a Japanese publisher, a telling product of the postwar global economy, American iconography meets old and new Asian skill in paper crafts and electronic microchip technology.
