Saul Steinberg designed a number of Christmas cards for Hallmark in the 1950's. Three copies of one of them showed up on eBay some months ago.
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Note: Steinberg's Christmas cards for the Museum of Modern Art and for Hallmark are discussed in a gorgeous post on Aphelis. Aphelis calls itself a text archive, but if Attempted Bloggery were to have a sister blog, Aphelis would have to be it. Go ahead and see why.
Saul Steinberg's artwork is always wildly inventive and compelling. See a few examples here.
Artist's Christmas cards are a favorite topic on the blog as well, even though artists never send them to me.
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| Saul Steinberg, Christmas card for Hallmark |
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| Saul Steinberg, Christmas card for Hallmark |
Note: Steinberg's Christmas cards for the Museum of Modern Art and for Hallmark are discussed in a gorgeous post on Aphelis. Aphelis calls itself a text archive, but if Attempted Bloggery were to have a sister blog, Aphelis would have to be it. Go ahead and see why.
Saul Steinberg's artwork is always wildly inventive and compelling. See a few examples here.
Artist's Christmas cards are a favorite topic on the blog as well, even though artists never send them to me.
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i have that santa one, it's a real beauty
ReplyDeleteYes it is. Do you have a copy of the card or the original artwork?
DeleteAre they Steinberg designs too? In 2014 I failed to note what these three cards went for on eBay, but I do have some vintage Addams Family Hallmark cards on the blog that sold in the $20-$40 range unused. Mailed cards personalized by the artist would be worth more and cards in poor condition would be worth less. The market is often hard to predict. I should add that if you have Hallmark Cards designed by Steinberg and not reproduced anywhere else, I would love to receive a few scans or photos to post here on the blog.
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