Greetings [Christmas card sent to Ray and Charles Eames, 1946] – Vintage Wall Art
![Greetings [Christmas card sent to Ray and Charles Eames, 1946], [19]46. — historic drawing](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e6/e695fd19a66c-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic drawing of Greetings [Christmas card sent to Ray and Charles Eames, 1946] brings a moment of history to your wall. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Greetings [Christmas card sent to Ray and Charles Eames, 1946]
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A hand-drawn Christmas greeting, rendered in pen, ink, and colored pencil on red construction paper, was sent to Ray and Charles Eames in 1946. The couple were then a husband-and-wife design team working in Southern California, and they were building the reputation for furniture, exhibitions, and films that would make them well known. Cards like this one, made by friends, colleagues, and clients, reflect the personal network around a studio at a time when holiday greetings were often handmade. The record does not name the sender, so the card's connection to the Eameses rests on its address and its place in their papers at the Library of Congress.
| Created / published | [19]46. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on red construction paper : pen, ink, and colored pencil. |
| Genre | Christmas cards 1940-1950.Drawings Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Forms part of the Work of Charles and Ray Eames (Library of Congress). Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States / Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Exhibit loan 4105-L. Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 1989:150 (carton 3) |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,465 × 1,169 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218576 |
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