Untitled
Greetings Card
1994 (made)
1994 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Born in Portugal in 1935, Rego's work centres on notions of storytelling. One of her earliest influences came from her father's copy of Dante's Inferno and its accompanying etched illustrations. She has also drawn inspiration from her childhood, and from a mixture of course she has described as "caricature...sights in the street,proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, desires, terror." Perhaps an unusual choice for a Christmas greeting, Rego's work explores both the literal and figurative darkness of human existence.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Untitled (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Colour offset lithography |
| Brief description | Christmas card by Paula Rego for Momart, 1994. |
| Physical description | In this 21cm x 28 cm greetings card, a wide-eyed child-like female figure is reclining. She wears a purple head band, blue shirt and complementary orange short trousers. Her lower legs and feet are bare. Her head rests on a pillow. One hand is supporting her chin while she embraces her lower abdomen with the other. The black background is subtly defined. A cluster of beige marks suggests stars in the sky. |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | Limited edition |
| Credit line | Given by Momart |
| Production | Reason For Production: Commission |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Born in Portugal in 1935, Rego's work centres on notions of storytelling. One of her earliest influences came from her father's copy of Dante's Inferno and its accompanying etched illustrations. She has also drawn inspiration from her childhood, and from a mixture of course she has described as "caricature...sights in the street,proverbs, nursery-rhymes, children's games and songs, desires, terror." Perhaps an unusual choice for a Christmas greeting, Rego's work explores both the literal and figurative darkness of human existence. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.907-2000 |
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| Record created | February 15, 2001 |
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