Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists

Illustrated with 190 beautifully reproduced cards from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art, Handmade Holiday Cards from 20th-Century Artists shows the personal holiday art of many important American artists, including Josef Albers, Milton Avery, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Indiana, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Robert Motherwell, Nickolas Murray, and Ad Reinhardt.. The cards include a broad range of one-of-a-kind artworks and limited edition print series.

An introduction from Smithsonian archives specialist Mary Savig and a foreword from DIY crafts guru Faythe Levine explore and contextualize the role of holiday cards in our society and in the lives of card makers and recipients. Also included inside this book is a removable limited-edition holiday card design by Faythe Levine.