'SEASON'S GREETINGS: HOLIDAY CARDS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF AMERICAN ART' CELEBRATES THE PERSONAL STYLE AND SENTIMENT OF ARTISTS' HANDMADE HOLIDAY CARDS. THE EXHIBITION WILL BE ON DISPLAY FROM 20.NOVEMBER THROUGH 10.JANUARY. 2010, IN THE LAWRENCE A FLEISCHMAN GALLERY AT THE SMITHSONIAN'S DONALD W REYNOLDS CENTER FOR AMERICAN ART AND PORTRAITURE. THE CARDS FEATURED IN THE EXHIBITION OFFER INSIGHT INTO HOW ARTISTS IMAGINED THE HOLIDAYS. GREETINGS OF THE SEASON AND WISHES FOR A HAPPY NEW YEAR RANGE FROM PHILIP GUSTON'S WATERCOLOUR OF A COZY WINTER FIRE TO ERNEST BLUMENSCHEIN'S SILK SCREEN OF TAOS. WHIMSY AND HUMOR CAN BE FOUND IN DESIGNS BY WILLIAM GROPPER, WILLIAM T WILEY AND ALEXANDER CALDER. DAN FLAVIN, HANNE DARBOVEN AND KAY SAGE SENT QUIRKY GREETINGS IN THE FORM OF STICKERS, MICKEY MOUSE AND RUBBER BANDS. PHOTOGRAPHERS ARNOLD NEWMAN AND NICKOLAS MURY SNAPPED HOLIDAY CHEER WITH THEIR CAMERAS WHILE OTHER ARTISTS MAILED WEAVINGS, COLLAGES, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS. COLLECTIVELY THESE HOLIDAY CARDS CONFIRM THE IRREPRESSIBLE ARTISTRY OF THEIR SENDERS.
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