John BantingReino Unido, 1902–1972A Merry Christmas from John
¿Puedo verla?
No expuesta por ahora
¿Dónde está «A Merry Christmas from John» hoy? Colección: Instituto de Arte de Chicago, Chicago. No expuesta por ahora. Comprobado 29 de septiembre de 2026.
Chicago, Estados Unidos
Pertenece a la colección, pero ahora mismo no está expuesta.
- Comprobado
- En este estado desde
- Fuente
- El museo
Sobre la obra
In this postcard, John Banting sends his holiday wishes to Mary Reynolds, a Surrealist bookbinder whom he’d befriended upon moving to Paris in the 1930s. Banting’s drawing depicts a mother and child still connected by an umbilical cord, with halos emanating rays like a cartoon sun floating above their disjointed bodies—perhaps a nod to the sacred origins of Christmas, the birth of Christ. Bearing the hallmarks of a quick sketch, the anatomy of the figures is bulbous and distorted in a monstrous fashion, leaving us to wonder if Banton was playing with abstraction in a formal sense or approaching this topic with some irreverence. Perhaps both interests are at play.
Instituto de Arte de ChicagoCC BY 4.0
Ficha
- Número de inventario
- 2020.39
Lo que muestra
En el catálogo
Fuentes
- Instituto de Arte de Chicago
- Imagen: Instituto de Arte de Chicago — © the artist or rights holder
