Charley and Edie Harper Silkscreen Holiday Card "Meowy Christmas"
Item Details
Charley Harper (Cincinnati, Ohio, 1922–2007), Edie Harper (American, 1922–2010)
Meowy Christmas, late 20th century
Silkscreen on paper
Signed to lower center
Holiday card addressed to “Phil” and signed by both Charley and Edie Harper
Charley Harper was an American Modernist artist and illustrator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. After graduating from the Academy of Art in Cincinnati and receiving the school’s first Stephen H. Wilder Travelling Scholarship, Harper gained a reputation as a successful wildlife illustrator, tapped for nature-themed projects such as the Golden Book of Biology, the magazine Ford Times, and the National Parks Service. Harper developed distinct personal style he described as “Minimal Realism”, capturing the forms of his subjects with the fewest possible visual details, often distilling them down to flat geometric shapes and stylized lines. Charley Harper’s work has been shown at the Kunstverein Hamburg in Germany, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Altman Siegel Gallery in San Francisco, the Trifecta Gallery in Las Vegas, and the Public Trust in Dallas, TX, among other places.
Edie Harper described herself as a “Jill of all trades trying to master one,’ since she had been successful in many areas of art including photography, wood sculpture, weaving, and jewelry design, all in addition to painting and printmaking. Her husband, well-known artist and illustrator Charley Harper, called her “the thinking man’s Bible illustrator.” Edie’s work has been exhibited at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Andover Art Museum, and the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati, as well as many others.
Condition
- notable debris, dust beneath glazing; clouding to glazing; abrasions to frame.
Dimensions
- measures frame; sight measures 7.5" W x 5.25" H.
- Item not examined outside of mounting.
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Item #
ITMGR49997
