Julia Thecla holiday card to Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears

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Object Details

Creator

Thecla, Julia

Blackshear, Kathleen, 1897-1988

Subject

Spears, Ethel

Place of publication, production, or execution

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Physical Description

Christmas Card : 1 folded sheet : ill. ; 17 x 8 cm.

Summary

Date based on Thecla's death.
Exterior of card features a painting by Thecla, a twist on Raphael's cherubs from the Sistine Madonna - this cherub is smoking a cigarette and sitting by a wine bottle.
Interior features a printed poem, also by Thecla.

Citation

Julia Thecla. Julia Thecla holiday card to Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears, not after 1973. Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers, 1920-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Use Note

Current copyright status is undetermined

Location Note

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. 20560

Date

not after 1973

Record number

(DSI-AAA)11797

Type

Correspondence

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Kathleen Blackshear and Ethel Spears papers, 1920-1991

Data Source

Archives of American Art

Topic

Christian art and symbolism

Holidays

Poems

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

AAADCD_item_11797