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The postcard age : selections from the Leonard A. Lauder Collection / Lynda Klich and Benjamin Weiss.

By: Museum of Fine Arts, BostonContributor(s): Klich, Lynda [author.] | Weiss, Benjamin [author.] | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery [host institution.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Thames & Hudson, 2012Description: 295 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780500290729 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Lauder, Leonard A. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Exhibitions | Postcards -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions | Postcards -- History -- 20th century -- ExhibitionsDDC classification: 741.6'83'074'74461 Summary: Drawing on one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of postcards anywhere, 'The postcard age' traces how big historical and cultural themes of the modern era played out on the postcards tiny canvas. Taken together, the almost 400 postcards represented in this book provide a vivid picture of the concerns, trends and pastimes of another era as well as a sampler of the artistic and historical riches offered by these messengers of the modern age.
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Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name organised by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in the Lois B. and Michael K. Torf Gallery, 24th October 2012-14th April 2013.

Drawing on one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of postcards anywhere, 'The postcard age' traces how big historical and cultural themes of the modern era played out on the postcards tiny canvas. Taken together, the almost 400 postcards represented in this book provide a vivid picture of the concerns, trends and pastimes of another era as well as a sampler of the artistic and historical riches offered by these messengers of the modern age.

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