The Ransom Center holds five Momart
Christmas Cards, by artists Lucien Freud, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, Catherine Yass,
and Toby
Ziegler and Joel Peers.
Call Number:
Art Collection AR-00187
Language:
English
Access:
Open for research. Please note that a minimum of 24 hours notice is required to pull
art
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Momart Christmas Card Collection (Art Collection AR-00187). Harry Ransom Center, The
University of Texas at Austin.
Each year an artist is invited by Momart, a British art storage, transport, and
installation company, to interpret the tradition of the holiday card which is then
distributed to clients in a limited edition. The first Momart Christmas Card was created
in
1984 by Scottish artist Bruce McLean, and subsequent participants have included Tracy
Emin,
Damien Hirst, and David Hockney. The Ransom Center holds five Momart Christmas Cards,
by
artists Lucien Freud, Gary Hume, Sarah Lucas, Catherine Yass, and Toby Ziegler and
Joel
Peers. The majority are mixed media works; the piece by Sarah Lucas involves several
elements requiring assembly into a mobile. All pieces are stored in their original
gift
boxes or envelopes.
Sources:
Momart, https://www.momart.com/about-us/momart-christmas-card (accessed 26 February
2018).
