258. Holiday Card for Bill

Holiday Card for Bill 1

Title: Holiday Card for Bill
Date: December 1997 – January 1998
Subject: Holiday Card
Measurements: 8 ¼” W x 11 11/16” H
Materials and Techniques: Scanned copy of Pictorial Puzzler entitled “Dogs” (Catalog #233), marker, pen
Description: A scanned copy of a Pictorial Puzzler is used as inspiration for this holiday card. On the original piece, two trees flank two beagles and one small black dog. Colorful Christmas lights are drawn onto the bare tree branches with marker. Below, a note reads: Dear Bill, Merry Christmas and a very Happy 1998 New Year!! Love, Norman xxxxx
Signed: Love, Norman xxxxx
Note: On the reverse side of the card, Norman identifies the cutouts in the Pictorial Puzzler: Beagles-Stubbs, Small Dog- Jan van Eyck, Trees- I. forgot. The trees are from a Gauguin painting.