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Greetings Card

2007 (published)
Artist/Maker
OPLUSD (Offensive + Delightful) (publisher)
Krigman, Olga (designer)
Place of origin
United States (published)

This card was designed by Olga Krigman and published by American card company OPLUSD (Offensive + Delightful) in 2007. The design imitates the 'copper-plate' lettering and ornament of nineteenth-century formal social stationery, humorously contrasting it with the perfunctory - even grudging - Christmas card exchange in contemporary social and domestic life.

Object details

Categories
Christmas
Greeting Cards
Object type
Greetings card
Materials and techniques
Screen print on card
Brief description
Christmas card designed by Olga Krigman and published by OPLUSD (Offensive + Delightful), America, 2007.
Physical description
Rectangular (landscape format) folded (left hand edge) cream card printed in gold on the front and in copper on the back with reversed out design of lettering and ornament.
Dimensions
  • Height: 10.8cm
  • Closed width: 14cm
  • Open width: 28cm
Production typeMass produced
Marks and inscriptions
  • HERE'S YOUR Fucking CHRISTMAS CARD. / I HOPE YOU'RE Happy! (Lettered within the design, on the front)
  • Offensive + Delightful (logo) / YES, THERE'S MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM: / WWW.OPLUSD.COM / FH.06 / This Card is blank inside for your Writing Pleasure / COPYRIGHT © 2007 OPLUSD : OFFENSIVE + DELIGHTFUL INDUSTRIES : ALL RIGHTS RESERVED : DESIGN + CONCEPT BY OLGA KRIGMAN (On the back, reversed out and printed in copper)
Subjects depicted
Lettering
Ornament
Summary
This card was designed by Olga Krigman and published by American card company OPLUSD (Offensive + Delightful) in 2007. The design imitates the 'copper-plate' lettering and ornament of nineteenth-century formal social stationery, humorously contrasting it with the perfunctory - even grudging - Christmas card exchange in contemporary social and domestic life.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.283-2009

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Record createdSeptember 8, 2010
Record URL
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